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dip
/dɪp/
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  1. verb
    appear to move downward
    "The sun dipped below the horizon"

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    sink
    type of:
    decline
  2. verb
    switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

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    dim
    type of:
    change intensity
  3. verb
    dip into a liquid while eating

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    dunk
    type of:
    immerse plunge
  4. noun
    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    "a dip in prices"

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    drop fall free fall
    type of:
    decrease decrement
  5. verb
    immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    "dip the garment into the cleaning solution" "dip the brush into the paint"

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    douse dunk plunge souse
    type of:
    immerse plunge
  6. noun
    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

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    cutpurse pickpocket
    type of:
    thief stealer
  7. verb
    dip into a liquid
    "He dipped into the pool"

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    douse duck
    type of:
    dunk plunge douse souse
  8. noun
    (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

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    angle of dip inclination magnetic dip magnetic inclination
    type of:
    angle
  9. noun
    a brief swim in water

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    plunge
    type of:
    swimming swim
  10. noun
    a brief immersion
  11. noun
    a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
  12. noun
    a depression in an otherwise level surface
    "there was a dip in the road"
  13. noun
    a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
  14. verb
    go down momentarily
    "Prices dipped"
    type of:
    go down decline wane
  15. verb
    immerse in a disinfectant solution
    "dip the sheep"
    type of:
    immerse plunge
  16. verb
    lower briefly
    "She dipped her knee"
  17. verb
    place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
  18. verb
    plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
    "He dipped into his pocket"
    type of:
    plunge immerse
  19. verb
    scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
    "dip water out of a container"
  20. verb
    slope downwards
    "Our property dips towards the river"
    type of:
    slope pitch incline
  21. verb
    stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
    type of:
    stain
  22. verb
    take a small amount from
    "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
  23. noun
    tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
    type of:
    condiment
Examples of dip
  • "The sun dipped below the horizon"
  • "a dip in prices"
  • "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"
  • "dip the brush into the paint"
  • "He dipped into the pool"
  • "there was a dip in the road"
  • "Prices dipped"
  • "dip the sheep"
  • "She dipped her knee"
  • "He dipped into his pocket"
  • "dip water out of a container"
  • "Our property dips towards the river"
  • "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
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