drip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drip	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for drip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drip n flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" Synonym(s): drip, trickle, dribble the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him" Synonym(s): drip, dripping (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway) Synonym(s): drip, drip mold, drip mould v fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet" let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" Synonym(s): dribble, drip, drop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dripped}or {Dript}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dripping}.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a noun. See {Drop}.] 1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves. 2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips. The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drip \Drip\, v. t. To let fall in drops. Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drip \Drip\, n. 1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops. The light drip of the suspended oar. --Byron. 2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water. {Right of drip} (Law), an easement or servitude by which a man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.