drip

v., dripped, drip·ping, drips.

v.intr.

1. To fall in drops: Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.
2. To shed drops: an umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.
3. To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid: a speech that dripped with sarcasm.

v.tr.
To let fall in or as if in drops: a brush dripping paint; a speech that dripped invective.

n.

1. The process of forming and falling in drops.
2. 1. Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.
   2. A slight intermittent flow or leak: fixed the drip in the faucet.
3. The sound made by liquid falling in drops: listened to the steady drip of the rain.
4. A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.
5. Slang. A tiresome or annoying person.

[Middle English drippen.]

verb

To fall or let fall in drops of liquid: distill, dribble, drop, trickle, weep. See rise/fall.

noun

1. The process or sound of dripping: dribble, trickle. See rise/fall, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. An unpleasant, tiresome person: bore. Slang dweeb, jerk, nerd, pill, poop². See like/dislike.

v

Definition: drop, trickle
Antonyms: pour

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n

The continuous slow intravenous introduction of fluid containing nutrients or drugs.

1. Any projection so shaped as to throw rainwater off and stop it running back to the wall, usually with a channel or throat underneath.

2. Head- or hood-mould, label, or weather-moulding over the head of an aperture.

The slow, drop-by-drop infusion of a liquid.

• postnasal d. — drainage of excessive mucous or mucopurulent discharge from the postnasal region into the pharynx.
• d. rate pumps — a mechanical device used to deliver a constant rate of intravenous fluids. It applies pressure to the fluid line through a set of rollers.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - dryppe, være dryppende våd
v. tr. - lade dryppe, være fuld af, dryppe af
n. - dryp, dryppen, dråbe, dryppelyd, vatugle

idioms:

• drip feed    drop, dråbetilførsel
• drip with    være dryppende våd af

Nederlands (Dutch)
druppel, druiper, sukkel, infusie, gedruppel, gewauwel, druipen, druppelen, overvloeien

Français (French)
v. intr. - couler, tomber goutte à goutte, dégouliner, s'égoutter, dégoutter, ruisseler de
v. tr. - dégouliner, égoutter (un fromage, une lessive), faire tomber/laisser tomber goutte à goutte
n. - goutte, infusion, bruit de l'eau qui tombe goutte à goutte, (fig) lavette, (Méd) perfusion, goutte à goutte, (Archit) lamier

idioms:

• drip feed    nourrir/alimenter par perfusion
• drip with    ruisseler de, dégouliner de, suinter

Deutsch (German)
v. - tropfen, triefen
n. - Tropfen, Tropf, Infusion

idioms:

• drip feed    Sondenernährung
• drip with    überlaufen vor, triefen vor

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στάζω, σταλάζω
n. - στάξιμο ή στάλαξη, στάλα, (καθομ.) σαχλός, κρυόμπλαστρος

idioms:

• drip feed    (μηχαν.) τροφοδοσία με βαρύτητα/στάλαξη, (ιατρ.) συντηρώ με ορό
• drip with    είμαι μούσκεμα από

Italiano (Italian)
gocciolare, goccia, perfusione

idioms:

• drip feed    alimentazione per sonda
• drip with    grondare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pingar
n. - gotejamento (m)

idioms:

• drip feed    conta-gotas (m)
• drip with    enfeitado de

Русский (Russian)
капать, протекать, капля, зануда, внутривенное вливание через капельницу

idioms:

• drip feed    внутривенное вливание через капельницу
• drip with    сочиться чем-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - gotear, chorrear
v. tr. - gotear, chorrear
n. - gota, instilación, desagüe

idioms:

• drip feed    alimentación por vía intravenosa o suero, alimentación por sonda
• drip with    hasta el tope de, rezumar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - droppa
n. - dropp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
滴下, 漏下, 撒下, 滴水, 湿淋淋, 滴下液体, 充溢, 充满, 使滴下, 溢出, 发出, 水滴, 滴下之液体, 滴水声, 静脉滴注

idioms:

• drip feed    静脉注射法
• drip with    ...多的很

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 滴下, 漏下, 撒下, 滴水, 濕淋淋, 滴下液體, 充溢, 充滿
v. tr. - 使滴下, 溢出, 發出
n. - 滴下, 水滴, 滴下之液體, 滴水聲, 靜脈滴注

idioms:

• drip feed    靜脈注射法
• drip with    ...多的很

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 흠뻑 젖다, (비 등이) 뚝뚝 떨어지다, (감정 등이) 넘치다
v. tr. - ~를 뚝뚝 떨어뜨리다
n. - 떨어지는 방울 소리, 적하, 따분한 사람

idioms:

• drip with    ~을 다량 포함한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ぽたぽた落ちる, 滴る, しずくをたらす, ずぶぬれになる, あふれる
n. - 滴ること, しずく, 点滴, 点滴装置, したたり

idioms:

• drip feed    点滴
• drip with    飾り立てる, あふれる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستقطر, يتقطر (الاسم) سائل متقطر, قطرات سائل, شخص ضعيف الشخصيه ساذج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נטף, טפטף, דלף‬
v. tr. - ‮הזיל‬
n. - ‮טפטוף, אדם יבש, משעמם‬

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