--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 56 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 56 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* To drive is to make a car, bus or truck go and steer it.[↗](../../drive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drive is a trip in a car.[↗](../../drive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To drive someone is to take them in a car.[↗](../../drive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A drive (driveway) is the short road from the street to a house.[↗](../../drive/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To drive is also to push or make something move, like driving a nail.[↗](../../drive/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Drive is strong wish to do something; a drive is also a part of a computer that stores files.[↗](../../drive/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They drive 60 miles an hour.[↗](../../drive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She drives 12 km to work.[↗](../../drive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How long is the drive?[↗](../../drive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He drives 3 hours each day.[↗](../../drive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum drives me to football practice.[↗](../../drive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a two-hour drive to the beach.[↗](../../drive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Park the car in the drive.[↗](../../drive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear your seatbelt when someone drives.[↗](../../drive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Save the file on the drive.[↗](../../drive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Come and drive away this bull!"[↗](../../drive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.[↗](../../drive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.[↗](../../drive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.[↗](../../drive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.11.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.[↗](../../drive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.[↗](../../drive/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.1.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drive/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Let not the foot of pride overtake me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.[↗](../../drive/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.36.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drive/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **driven** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Driven is a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and steer it.[↗](../../driven/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Driven means taken somewhere in a car: «she was driven to school».[↗](../../driven/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Driven means pushed or moved by something: «a wind-driven mill».[↗](../../driven/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A driven person works very hard to reach a goal.[↗](../../driven/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Forced into a state, as when grief drives someone mad.[↗](../../driven/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He has driven 120 miles.[↗](../../driven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car is driven 40 miles a day.[↗](../../driven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How far had she driven after 3 hours?[↗](../../driven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They have driven half the way.[↗](../../driven/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were driven to the airport by Uncle Joe.[↗](../../driven/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old mill was driven by the river.[↗](../../driven/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a driven player who trains every day.[↗](../../driven/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you ever driven a go-kart?[↗](../../driven/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him, (Torah NUM.32.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driven/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Not so; go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what ye desire.'[↗](../../driven/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.[↗](../../driven/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.10.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driven/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely bring them back unto thy brother.[↗](../../driven/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driven/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?[↗](../../driven/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driven/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.[↗](../../driven/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driven/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy holy people they have well nigh driven out, our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.[↗](../../driven/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.63.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driven/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **driver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who drives a car, bus, truck or train.[↗](../../driver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A program that helps a computer use a device (device driver).[↗](../../driver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A golf club used for long shots.[↗](../../driver/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Something that makes something else happen.[↗](../../driver/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a driver of change".[↗](../../driver/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bus driver waved to us.[↗](../../driver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure the driver can see you.[↗](../../driver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad is a careful driver.[↗](../../driver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The truck driver delivered the parcels.[↗](../../driver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A racing driver goes very fast.[↗](../../driver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learner drivers have an L plate.[↗](../../driver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never get into a car with a driver you don't know.[↗](../../driver/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Install the printer driver.[↗](../../driver/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the driver of the wagon?[↗](../../driver/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.[↗](../../driver/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driver/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Arameans fled before Israel; and David slew of the Arameans seven hundred drivers of chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.[↗](../../driver/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.10.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../driver/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **driveway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short private road or paved area that leads from the street to a house or garage, where cars are parked.[↗](../../driveway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad parked the car in the driveway.[↗](../../driveway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play in the driveway when cars are moving.[↗](../../driveway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We chalked pictures on our driveway.[↗](../../driveway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch for cars backing out of driveways.[↗](../../driveway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We shovelled snow off the driveway.[↗](../../driveway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The driveway is 15 metres long.[↗](../../driveway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A tall hedge lines the driveway.[↗](../../driveway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our bikes are leaning against the wall by the driveway.[↗](../../driveway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **drizzle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drizzle is light rain falling in very small, fine drops.[↗](../../drizzle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To drizzle (weather) means to rain lightly.[↗](../../drizzle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In cooking, to drizzle is to pour a thin stream of liquid over food, such as honey or oil.[↗](../../drizzle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's only drizzle, so we can still walk to school.[↗](../../drizzle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cold drizzle fell all afternoon.[↗](../../drizzle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It started to drizzle as we left the park.[↗](../../drizzle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Drizzle honey over the pancakes.[↗](../../drizzle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum drizzled lemon icing on the cake.[↗](../../drizzle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecast says drizzle in the morning, sun later.[↗](../../drizzle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon it began to drizzle; then the drops came faster, and there was a regular down-pour.[↗](../../drizzle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **drizzly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drizzly describes weather with light, fine rain falling steadily.[↗](../../drizzly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a drizzly morning in Dublin.[↗](../../drizzly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We played outside even though it was drizzly.[↗](../../drizzly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecast says drizzly with sunny spells.[↗](../../drizzly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A drizzly day makes the windows misty.[↗](../../drizzly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's been drizzly all week.[↗](../../drizzly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **droll** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) funny in a quiet, odd or amusing way.[↗](../../droll/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clown made a droll face.[↗](../../droll/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a droll joke.[↗](../../droll/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "How droll the world is!" he laughed.[↗](../../droll/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dromaeosaur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of small to medium meat-eating dinosaur with feathers and a big curved claw on each foot, like Velociraptor.[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A member of the dinosaur family Dromaeosauridae, known as «raptors».[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Velociraptor was a dromaeosaur about the size of a turkey.[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dromaeosaurs had feathers like birds.[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum showed a dromaeosaur's curved toe claw.[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists think dromaeosaurs were fast and clever hunters.[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Microraptor was a tiny dromaeosaur with four wings.[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dromaeosaur fossils have been found in Mongolia and North America.[↗](../../dromaeosaur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dromedary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A camel with one hump, found in North Africa, the Middle East and India, and also living wild in central Australia.[↗](../../dromedary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A fast camel bred for riding.[↗](../../dromedary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A dromedary has one hump on its back.[↗](../../dromedary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dromedaries can walk for days without water.[↗](../../dromedary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia has many wild dromedaries in the outback.[↗](../../dromedary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We rode a dromedary at the desert camp.[↗](../../dromedary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bactrian camel has two humps, but the dromedary has only one.[↗](../../dromedary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dromedary's hump is full of fat.[↗](../../dromedary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let him be bound and placed on a dromedary.[↗](../../dromedary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **drone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drone is a small aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground or by a computer.[↗](../../drone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drone is a male bee that does no work.[↗](../../drone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A drone is a low, steady humming sound.[↗](../../drone/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To drone on is to talk for a long time in a dull, boring voice.[↗](../../drone/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A lazy person who does no work and lives off others.[↗](../../drone/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He flies a drone in the park.[↗](../../drone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drone took a photo of our school from above.[↗](../../drone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drones must stay away from airports.[↗](../../drone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A drone is a male bee.[↗](../../drone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard the drone of a plane far away.[↗](../../drone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The speaker droned on for an hour.[↗](../../drone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Drones can help find lost hikers.[↗](../../drone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They begin the New Year by going to bed, and that's a good beginning for drones.[↗](../../drone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **drool** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To drool means to let spit (saliva) run out of your mouth, like a baby or a hungry dog.[↗](../../drool/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To drool over something means to want it very much or to admire it in a silly way.[↗](../../drool/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Drool is the spit that runs from someone's mouth.[↗](../../drool/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby drooled all over my shirt.[↗](../../drool/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog drools when he smells sausages.[↗](../../drool/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I woke up and there was drool on my pillow.[↗](../../drool/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother drools over every new video game.[↗](../../drool/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cakes in the window made me drool.[↗](../../drool/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies drool a lot when they are teething.[↗](../../drool/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wipe the drool off your chin\![↗](../../drool/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **droop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hang or bend down because of being weak, tired or without water, as in «The flowers drooped in the heat».[↗](../../droop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become sad or lose energy, as in «His spirits drooped».[↗](../../droop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A downward bend or slope.[↗](../../droop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sunflowers drooped in the hot sun.[↗](../../droop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water the plant before it droops.[↗](../../droop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My eyelids drooped during the long film.[↗](../../droop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy's ears droop when it is sad.[↗](../../droop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His shoulders drooped when he heard the bad news.[↗](../../droop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tent drooped after the rain.[↗](../../droop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave it water, but still it drooped.[↗](../../droop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **drooping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hanging or bending down, especially because of weakness, tiredness or lack of water, as in «drooping flowers».[↗](../../drooping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Becoming sad or losing energy, as in «drooping spirits».[↗](../../drooping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The drooping roses needed water.[↗](../../drooping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She had drooping eyelids after the sleepover.[↗](../../drooping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old dog walked with a drooping tail.[↗](../../drooping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His drooping shoulders told us he had lost.[↗](../../drooping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The willow tree has long, drooping branches.[↗](../../drooping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The balloons were drooping by the end of the party.[↗](../../drooping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat on the edge of his nest, his head drooping and his feathers all ruffled, looking the picture of misery.[↗](../../drooping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.[↗](../../drooping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.11.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drooping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **droopy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hanging down loosely or tiredly, like wilting flowers, floppy ears or a sagging tent.[↗](../../droopy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Tired, sad or without energy.[↗](../../droopy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sunflowers were droopy because we forgot to water them.[↗](../../droopy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The basset hound has long droopy ears.[↗](../../droopy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My socks are droopy and keep falling down.[↗](../../droopy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the long walk I felt a bit droopy.[↗](../../droopy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His droopy eyelids showed he needed sleep.[↗](../../droopy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tent was droopy in the rain.[↗](../../droopy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **drop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To drop is to let something fall from your hand; what you drop is lost to you.[↗](../../drop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To drop is to fall or go down: «The temperature dropped».[↗](../../drop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To drop someone off is to take them somewhere in a car and leave them there.[↗](../../drop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A drop is a very small amount of liquid, like a drop of rain.[↗](../../drop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A drop is a fall in an amount: «a drop in price».[↗](../../drop/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To drop off means to fall asleep.[↗](../../drop/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sam drops 5 balloons.[↗](../../drop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia had 12 eggs and dropped 3.[↗](../../drop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many eggs are not dropped?[↗](../../drop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben dropped 4 of his 10 marbles.[↗](../../drop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature dropped by 6 degrees overnight.[↗](../../drop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad drops us off at school at 8.[↗](../../drop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Add two drops of food colouring to the water.[↗](../../drop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Big drops of rain hit the window.[↗](../../drop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't drop your ice cream\![↗](../../drop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · At last he dropped off to sleep.[↗](../../drop/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.[↗](../../drop/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drop/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew.[↗](../../drop/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drop/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.[↗](../../drop/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drop/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?[↗](../../drop/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drop/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.[↗](../../drop/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drop/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.[↗](../../drop/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.65.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drop/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **droplet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A droplet is a very small drop of liquid.[↗](../../droplet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Clouds are made of tiny water droplets.[↗](../../droplet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Droplets formed on the cold can.[↗](../../droplet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dew droplets sparkled on the grass.[↗](../../droplet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sneezes spread germs in droplets.[↗](../../droplet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cover your mouth when you cough to stop droplets.[↗](../../droplet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Droplets of rain ran down the window.[↗](../../droplet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dropper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small tube, usually glass or plastic, with a rubber bulb at the top, used to take up a liquid and let it out drop by drop.[↗](../../dropper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Someone who drops something, as in a name-dropper (someone who boasts about famous people they know).[↗](../../dropper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use the dropper to add three drops of food colouring.[↗](../../dropper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse gave the baby medicine with a dropper.[↗](../../dropper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We put iodine on the potato with a dropper.[↗](../../dropper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Squeeze the bulb gently, or the dropper will squirt.[↗](../../dropper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Eye drops come in a little dropper bottle.[↗](../../dropper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Count each drop from the 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