(v. i.) To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
(v. i.) To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.
(v. t.) To let fall in drops.
(n.) A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
(n.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water.
Example Sentences:
(1) Infants were fed the same quantity of formula each day, either for 5 minutes or by continuous drip for 2 to 3 hours.
(2) If all 102 patients had received conventional IV drip infusions, the total patient equipment charges would have been $4,610.40.
(3) Particularly, the losses during blanching and thawing (drip) are discussed.
(4) Drip infusion pyelogram revealed a decrease in the left renal function and the presence of the gas in the pyelocalyceal system.
(5) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
(6) In the treatment of 31 cases of acute infections of pediatric field including upper and lower airway infections, empyema, whooping cough, acute urinary tract infections and phlegmon, CMNX was administered intravenously either as one shot injection as drip infusion.
(7) Appropriate conditions for administering the drug by intravenous drip infusion to neonates and infants at ages of more than 1 week were investigated taking observed blood levels and achieved peak levels and trough levels calculated using the one-compartment open model into account.
(8) In 4 patients with peritonitis drug levels in the ascites were determined following administration of BRL 28500 by drip infusion.
(9) Experiments show that the primary source of air bubbles in such a system is the drip chamber.
(10) The pathways involved in protein transport across the lymphatic endothelium of the rat renal cortex after in vivo drip fixation were studied ultrastructurally.
(11) Ampicillin-cloxacillin (Viccillin S 'Meiji') by intravenous drip infusion was used in gynecological infections, with the following satisfactory results.
(12) It’s also a legal authority that is exempt from oversight by Congress or the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, meaning we know even less about it than the other NSA powers that have been dripping out over the last year and a half.
(13) Two hundred and forty-nine patients are divided into four homogenous groups to compare the efficacy of Cimetidine versus antacids, as well as the mode of delivery--bolus versus continuous drip--in the prophylaxis of acute hemorrhagic gastritis in critically ill patients.
(14) As regards method of administration, CMNX from a vial was dissolved in physiological saline or distilled water for injection, and the solution was administered by 3 to 5 minutes one shot intravenous injection (15 cases), or CMNX was diluted with large volume parenteral product and administered by 30 to 60 minutes drip infusion (10 cases).
(15) Many had plastic nodules stuck to their skull, to allow the nurses to attach them to a drip.
(16) Dopamine drip may be used as a renal rescue, whereas heparin is indicated for thromboembolic phenomena and surgery reserved for abdominal catastrophies.
(17) Anaesthesia was induced by thiopentone and was maintained either by a continuous drip of thiopentone or by inhalation of halothane.
(18) The PTT was checked every 4 hours and the heparin drip was titrated to keep the PTT at 50 to 60 seconds.
(19) Indeed the lack of trust suggests that funds will be drip-fed to Greece and that a longer-term agreement will be very difficult to reach.” According to local media Tsipras has called an emergency meeting with top ministers to discuss the situation, including chief negotiator Euclid Tsakalotos, the deputy prime minister, Yannis Dragasakis, and the state minister, Nikos Pappas.
(20) These steps include a careful guidewire technique, insisting on spontaneous free back-dripping of blood from newly introduced catheters after removal of the guidewire, aspiration of blood with a syringe and flushing with saline and contrast.
Reinvestment
Definition:
(n.) The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
Example Sentences:
(1) The report also recommends including justice and victim of violence targets in the national Closing the Gap strategy, recognising foetal alcohol spectrum disorders as a disability before the courts, and making a national commitment to a justice reinvestment approach to find community-based solutions to youth crime.
(2) Around the same time Clinton also beefed up President Carter's 1977 Community Reinvestment Act – forcing lenders to take a more sympathetic approach to poor borrowers trying to get on the housing ladder.
(3) Torres departed with Dalglish, Liverpool's caretaker manager, insisting the club were on the rise and could withstand any major loss, just as they did when he replaced Kevin Keegan as a player in 1977 and when he reinvested Ian Rush's transfer fee from Juventus in 1987.
(4) The 4Growth report calls on government to reinvest the £4bn proceeds from the auction of 4G telecoms licences back into science and technology.
(5) It is devastating that jail is seen as a rite of passage for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, part of the natural order of things.” Indigenous prisoner who killed himself wasn't in a 'safe' cell despite being at risk Read more He said a Labor government would fund three trials – in a city, a regional town and a remote community – of “justice reinvestment” programs, “redirecting funds spent on justice system to prevention and diversionary programs to address underlying causes of offending with disproportionately high levels of incarceration”.
(6) Morrison said small business was getting tax breaks first because they were “more likely to reinvest their earnings and more likely to be Australian owned”.
(7) "We call on the government to build on this start by setting aside serious funding to kickstart the sector and turn it into a game changer for UK economic growth – for instance, by setting aside the proceeds from the forthcoming 4G mobile spectrum auction to be reinvested in science, engineering, and innovation."
(8) The report from Winsor, a former rail regulator, says that economies of £1.1bn can be found over three years: nearly £500m will be saved and £635m reinvested to "frontline" policing.
(9) Like the Co-op grocers or the Big Issue , Building Bloqs is a social enterprise: it has to pay its way in the world, but seeks to reinvest the profits and caps how much anyone can take out.
(10) In 1977, he used a small loan from an uncle to begin trading in rice, sugar and cement, reinvesting the profits until he was able to venture into full-scale manufacturing.
(11) We can stop wasting money on items that are not effective and that money can be reinvested into new items.
(12) "The Bank chose such a large sum because some of the money it spends on gilts may be kept as cash, rather than helping economic activity by being spent or reinvested."
(13) He said some of the savings made would be reinvested in better funded output.
(14) I think it is a question of as and when policy, albeit coordinated or on a region basis, if policy starts to have an impact on demand, then we could potentially see thekind of scenario evolve where demand is weaker, supply starts to moderate and then these higher cost producers would be some of the first affected... It’s not that they are going to fall of a cliff that quickly, but they would not continue to reinvest [in developing those reserves].” Wilkins said the divestment movement was being closely watched and appeared to be snowballing.
(15) Fines imposed on publishers will be reinvested in the arbitration unit which will be set up to adjudicate on smaller claims of libel and breaches of privacy.
(16) As things stand any extra money set aside for relegated teams' parachute payments is kept back and reinvested in the running of the Premier League, but, like a Paris Hilton book deal, change could soon be around the corner, Simon.
(17) Trump spoke at length about deteriorating conditions of American infrastructure in his speech, and has said at many rallies that he wants to reinvest in utilities and transportation at home.
(18) He explained that since BP reinvests its dividends largely in projects outside of Russia, he expects the company to receive more political scrutiny."
(19) "In the four years since it was started, Bedder 6 has turned over more than £100m, and grown its profits almost five-fold, with the vast majority of this being returned to the BBC and reinvested back into the UK show," added the spokesman for BBC Worldwide.
(20) How much of the proceeds from property sales – including North West House and BHS’s main warehouse premises in the Midlands – were reinvested into the business, and how much went into Chappell’s Retail Acquisitions consortium?