Contact and joining

Synonyms for drop

Two senses of drop live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · verb and noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 2, TreelineContact and joining

remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

The bus will drop the passengers at the hotel.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

discharge

Same sentence, swapped: The bus will discharge the passengers at the hotel.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for drop as it is used in the sentence above.

spend
miss
serve

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 5, SummitQuantity

a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

He had a drop too much to drink.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

drib

Same sentence, swapped: He had a drib too much to drink.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for drop as it is used in the sentence above.

fall
cliff
step

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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