DROP  掉

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
        掉

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

          Words

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

          Existing SW for

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