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drip

/dɹɪp/

Meanings
  • Verb

    The act of dripping or the sound made by something dripping.

    - "The faucet was dripping all night long."
    - "The tree dripped sap in the warm weather."
  • Noun

    A small amount of liquid that falls or is dropped.

    - "A single drip from the faucet filled a glass."
    - "The rain made a soft drip-drop sound on the roof."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with drip
tip , grip , slip
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,
  1. drip (Scottish) : A small, shallow basin or trough.

  2. drip (Scottish) : A type of fishing net.


Variants
List of all variants of drip that leads to same result
drip , dripped , dripper , drippers , dripping , drips , DRIP , drip-dried , drip-dries , drip-dry , drip-drying , postnasal drip , postnasal drips
Forms
Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

dripping, drips, dripped, drippy


Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English drican (to drip), from drig, drip; related to droppan, droppa (to drop).


Trivia
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  1. The world's largest drip irrigation system is located in Israel and covers over 135,000 hectares.

  2. Drip irrigation was first developed in the 1960s to save water and reduce evaporation in agriculture.

  3. The term 'drip' can also be used to describe the sound made by electronic music, particularly in the genre of techno.


Related Concepts
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  1. Evaporation: Drip is related to the process of evaporation as a single droplet falls and transforms into water vapor.

  2. Leak: Drip is also related to the concept of a leak as a slow, continuous release of liquid.


Culture
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In literature, the sound of dripping is often used to create suspense or tension. In art, drip painting is a technique where paint is dripped onto a canvas to create abstract patterns.

How to Memorize "drip"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a faucet slowly dripping water into a bucket.
    - Visualize a single raindrop making its way down a leaf.

  2. associate

    - Associate the sound of dripping with the sound of rain.
    - Link the image of a dripping faucet with the feeling of thirst.

  3. mnemonics

    - Remember DRIP as Dripping Rain In Puddles.
    - Use the acronym DRIP to help remember the definitions: Dripping, Rain, Inch by inch, Precipitation.


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