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# drap

«drap» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **drop, drop by** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

drop, drop by

### part of speech

verb (dialect form of drop)

### meaning for a pupil

To let fall, or to fall; in one sentence it means to come by for a visit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#m1)

### how it differs from today

A dialect form of "drop" used in Uncle Remus stories. Today we say "drop" or "drop by."

### examples

- Brer Rabbit say he drap 'im. (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#x1)
- "Drip, drap, drop, Will the milking soon stop?" (Grimm's Fairy Stories) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#x2)
- Spose'n you drap roun' ter-morrer en take dinner wid me. (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#x3)

### primary record

drop

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 30 (Torah 0, tales 30, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 3.4 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.