dip

/dˈɪp/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
“dip the garment into the cleaning solution”
dip into a liquid while eating
“She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce”
go down momentarily
“Prices dipped”
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
take a small amount from
“I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present”
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
lower briefly
“She dipped her knee”
appear to move downward
“The sun dipped below the horizon”
slope downwards
“Our property dips towards the river”
dip into a liquid
“He dipped into the pool”
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
immerse in a disinfectant solution
“dip the sheep”

noun

a depression in an otherwise level surface
“there was a dip in the road”
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
a brief immersion
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
“a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index”
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
a brief swim in water
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

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