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dip is the dictionary form of diper Definition of dip
dip has definitions from the fields of sport,food,law,criminal law,physics,color
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[ verb ] immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Synonyms

dunk douse plunge souse

Examples

"dip the garment into the cleaning solution" "dip the brush into the paint"

2
[ verb ] (color) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
3
[ verb ] (food) dip into a liquid while eating; as of bread in a soup or sauce

Synonyms

dunk

4
[ verb ] go down momentarily

Examples

"Prices dipped"

5
[ noun ] (law,criminal law) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

Synonyms

cutpurse pickpocket

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[ verb ] immerse in a disinfectant solution

Examples

"dip the sheep"

7
[ verb ] switch a car's headlights from a higher to a lower beam

Synonyms

dim

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[ noun ] a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
9
[ verb ] of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
10
[ noun ] (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

Synonyms

magnetic_dip magnetic_inclination inclination angle_of_dip

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[ noun ] a brief immersion
12
[ verb ] dip into a liquid

Synonyms

duck douse

Examples

: "He dipped into the pool"

13
[ verb ] slope downwards

Examples

"Our property dips towards the river"

14
[ noun ] a depression in an otherwise level surface

Examples

"there was a dip in the road"

15
[ verb ] lower briefly

Examples

"She dipped her knee"

16
[ noun ] a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
17
[ verb ] appear to move downward

Synonyms

sink

Examples

"The sun dipped below the horizon" "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

18
[ noun ] a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Synonyms

drop free_fall fall

Examples

"a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index" "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery" "a dip in prices" "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

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[ noun ] (food) tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
20
[ verb ] scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

Examples

"dip water out of a container"

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[ noun ] (sport) a brief swim in water

Synonyms

plunge

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