dripped

To drip is to drop something slowly and gradually. When you drip paint, you are letting the paint fall slowly from a brush.

  • The water was dripping from the tree onto the ground.

  • The oil was dripping from the tip of the candle.

Definition of dripped

verb

To fall one drop at a time.

verb

To leak slowly.

verb

To let fall in drops.

verb

(usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.

verb

(of the weather) To rain lightly.

verb

To be wet, to be soaked.

verb

To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

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Example Sentences for dripped

  • 1

    The coffee passes through a filter and drips down into the carafe.

  • 2

    The coffee passes through a filter and drips down into the cup.

  • 3

    The dripping blood in the beginning is blue.

  • 4

    Truth rarely drips with mendacity.

  • 5

    An intravenous drip is used to hydrate the patient.

  • 6

    The condescension fairly drips off this page.

  • 7

    The water from the nets drips into a tube.

  • 8

    The insertion of the intravenous drip is also not very clear.

  • 9

    The general location of the proton drip line is well established.

  • 10

    The hat will assist in the prevention of sweat dripping down the face.