drop-vpc-v; 10 Senses

Sense Number 1: move to the rear, retreat

Commentary: Includes: DROP BACK; DROP BEHIND; DROP OFF

Examples:
Ralston dropped back to twelfth after stumbling on a rock.
She found her companions tedious and dropped behind to avoid conversing with them.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_off 4
drop_behind 1
drop_back 1, 2

Sense Number 2: diminish or get worse

Commentary: Includes: DROP AWAY; DROP OFF

Examples:
The number of students enrolled in the class dropped off after the first week.
His grades have dropped off since Christmas.
The scores dropped away from last year's high.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: drop.01
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_off 1, 5
drop_away 1

Sense Number 3: visit informally

Commentary: Includes: DROP BY; DROP IN

Examples:
I'll drop by tomorrow with the photos.
She always drops in at the most inopportune times.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: drop.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_by 1
drop_in 1

Sense Number 4: give up, abandon

Commentary: Includes: DROP BY THE WAYSIDE; DROP OUT

Examples:
Her profound confidence kept her going when other women would have dropped by the wayside.
After the poll results, Wilson dropped out of the election.
Even traditional values like quality assurance are dropped by the wayside during this phase.
We should not allow visual talent to be dropped by the wayside just because of verbal deficiencies.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: drop.05
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_by_the_wayside 1
drop_out 1, 2

Sense Number 5: leave school

Commentary: Includes: DROP OUT

Examples:
Sandra dropped out her sophmore year.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: drop.05
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_out 3

Sense Number 6: leave, unload

Commentary: Includes: DROP OFF

Examples:
I'll drop you off at the corner.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: drop.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_off 3

Sense Number 7: fall asleep

Commentary: Includes: DROP OFF

Examples:
He dropped off the minute his head hit the pillow.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_off 2

Sense Number 8: DROP OPEN: open involuntarily

Commentary: Is: DROP OPEN

Examples:
His jaw dropped open at the sight.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_open 1

Sense Number 9: DROP DOWN: fall to a lower level

Commentary: Is: DROP DOWN

Examples:
The coach told him to drop down and give him twenty.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Body_movement
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_down 1

Sense Number 10: multiword expression

Commentary: Includes: DROP A LINE; DROP ANCHOR; DROP DEAD

Examples:
Drop me a line when you get to Berlin.
The ship dropped anchor in Witma Bay.
He dropped dead of a heart attack.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
drop_dead 1
drop_anchor 1
drop_a_line 1