drip
/drɪp/verb
उच्चारण ड्रिप
टपकना
Core word
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a small drop of a liquid; a piece of equipment for putting liquid food or medicine directly into a person's vein
बूँद; ड्रिप
- on a drip
- drip irrigation
- A drip of water fell from the leaf onto my hand.
+ 2 more examples
- The patient was put on a drip after the surgery.
- Farmers in dry areas use drip irrigation to save water.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
drip (intransitive): sth drips from / off / down
When liquid falls in drops, the source comes after from or off.
जब तरल बूँद-बूँद गिरता है, तब स्रोत 'from' या 'off' के बाद आता है।
- Water was dripping from the tap.
- Sweat dripped off his forehead.
drip + liquid (transitive)
As a transitive verb, the thing producing the drops lets liquid fall.
Transitive रूप में कोई वस्तु तरल को बूँद-बूँद गिराती है।
- The leaking pipe dripped water on the floor.
be dripping with sth
Be dripping with means to be very wet or to have a lot of something.
'Be dripping with' का अर्थ पूरी तरह भीगा होना या किसी चीज़ से भरा होना है।
- The trees were dripping with rain.
- Her voice was dripping with sarcasm.
a drip (countable noun)
A drip is a drop; in a hospital it is also the equipment that puts fluid into a vein.
'Drip' बूँद है; अस्पताल में यह नस में तरल पहुँचाने का उपकरण भी है।
- The patient was put on a drip.
- We heard the slow drip of rain from the leaves.
+Collocations 5
drip + adverb/preposition
from the roofslowlysteadilydown the wallonto the floor
- Rainwater dripped steadily from the roof.
noun + drip
tapsweatbloodhoneywater
- A tap drip kept us awake all night.
adjective + drip
slowsteadyconstantsaline
- The constant drip of the tap was annoying.
drip + noun
irrigationfeedtraycoffee
- Farmers in Maharashtra use drip irrigation to save water.
drip + verb meaning
leaktrickleseepooze
- Water began to seep through the wall and drip onto the floor.
“More examples 6
- Radhika forgot to close the tap, and it dripped all night.
राधिका नल बंद करना भूल गई और वह रात भर टपकता रहा।
- Honey dripped from the spoon onto the paratha.
शहद चम्मच से पराँठे पर टपक रहा था।
- The doctor attached a drip to the patient's arm.
डॉक्टर ने मरीज़ की बाँह में ड्रिप लगा दी।
- Drip irrigation delivers water directly to the roots of the plants.
टपक सिंचाई पानी सीधे पौधों की जड़ों तक पहुँचाती है।
- After the walk in the monsoon, her umbrella dripped on the carpet.
मानसून में टहलने के बाद उसकी छतरी से कालीन पर पानी टपका।
- A single drip from the pipe was enough to make a stain on the ceiling.
पाइप से टपकी एक बूँद ही छत पर दाग बनाने के लिए काफ़ी थी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The tap has been dripped since morning.
✓ The tap has been dripping since morning.
Drip is intransitive here and needs the -ing form in the continuous tense.
यहाँ 'drip' अकर्मक क्रिया है और present perfect continuous में -ing रूप आता है।
✗ The tap is droping all night.
✓ The tap is dripping all night.
Drip doubles its final p before -ing.
'Drip' में -ing जोड़ने से पहले अंतिम p दोहराया जाता है: dripping।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Drip irrigation saves water by giving it drop by drop to plant roots.
ड्रिप सिंचाई पौधों की जड़ों को बूँद-बूँद पानी देकर पानी बचाती है।