DROP  

DISCARD AND CAUSE TO FALL.
LET FALLLET GO OFLOSE ONE'S GRIP ONRELEASEUNHANDRELINQUISH
Antonym
  • LIFTDISPLACE so as to CAUSE TO RISE, TYPICALLY USING ONE'S HANDS.
    Hypernym
    • DISCARDDISPLACE something so as to VOLUNTARILY CAUSE ONESELF to LACK it.
      • DISPLACECAUSE to MOVE.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
          • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
    See also
    • FALLMOVE DOWN PULLED by the FORCE of one's WEIGHT.
      • SEND DOWNCAUSE TO MOVE DOWN.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        ???

        It is very curious that I have still not found a good word for this apparently so natural concept. Words like qì 棄 "discard" do not really focus on the discarded object falling to the ground.

        Modern Chinese Criteria


        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

          Words

            fàng OC: paŋs MC: pi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNto drop; to release from one's hand

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