airdrop
part of speech
noun (an airdrop, airdrops); verb (airdrop, airdrops, airdropped, airdropping)
meaning for a pupil
1) An airdrop is sending food, medicine or other supplies by dropping them from an aircraft, often by parachute. tree →
2) To airdrop something is to drop it from a plane to people on the ground. tree →
3) (computers, AirDrop) AirDrop is an Apple feature for sending photos or files to a nearby device; people say «airdrop it to me». tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in news about disasters and wars (aid airdropped to people cut off), in history (the Berlin airlift), in video games, and in everyday tech talk.
examples
- The army made an airdrop of food to the flooded villages. tree →
- Medicine was airdropped to the cut-off town. tree →
- Parachutes slowed the boxes in the airdrop. tree →
- In the game, an airdrop brings new supplies. tree →
- Can you airdrop me that photo? tree →
- Airdrops can help when roads are blocked by snow. tree →
note
Double «p» in «airdropped», «airdropping». As the Apple brand it is written «AirDrop». Safety: only accept AirDrop files from people you know.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «airdrop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.