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| 1. | [ 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" |
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| Related terms: | immerse dabble sop dipper ducking drenching | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (color) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid | |
| Related terms: | stain | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (food) dip into a liquid while eating; as of bread in a soup or sauce | |
| Synonyms: | dunk | |
| Related terms: | eat | |
| 4. | [ verb ] go down momentarily | |
| Examples: | "Prices dipped" |
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| Related terms: | decline | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | |
| Synonyms: | cutpurse pickpocket | |
| Related terms: | thief | |
| 6. | [ verb ] immerse in a disinfectant solution | |
| Examples: | "dip the sheep" |
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| Related terms: | immerse | |
| 7. | [ verb ] switch a car's headlights from a higher to a lower beam | |
| Synonyms: | dim | |
| Related terms: | change_intensity | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow | |
| Related terms: | candle | |
| 9. | [ verb ] of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax | |
| Related terms: | create_from_raw_material | |
| 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 | |
| Related terms: | angle physics | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a brief immersion | |
| Related terms: | submergence dunk | |
| 12. | [ verb ] dip into a liquid | |
| Synonyms: | duck douse | |
| Examples: | : "He dipped into the pool" |
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| Related terms: | dunk ducking | |
| 13. | [ verb ] slope downwards | |
| Examples: | "Our property dips towards the river" |
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| Related terms: | slope | |
| 14. | [ noun ] a depression in an otherwise level surface | |
| Examples: | "there was a dip in the road" |
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| Related terms: | depression | |
| 15. | [ verb ] lower briefly | |
| Examples: | "She dipped her knee" |
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| Related terms: | lower | |
| 16. | [ noun ] a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms | |
| Related terms: | gymnastic_exercise | |
| 17. | [ verb ] appear to move downward | |
| Synonyms: | sink | |
| Examples: | "The sun dipped below the horizon" "The setting sun sank below the tree line" |
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| Related terms: | decline subside | |
| 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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| Related terms: | decrease voltage_drop correction decrease | |
| 19. | [ noun ] (food) tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped | |
| Related terms: | condiment cheese_dip bean_dip guacamole clam_dip dunk | |
| 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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| Related terms: | scoop | |
| 21. | [ noun ] (sport) a brief swim in water | |
| Synonyms: | plunge | |
| Related terms: | swimming dunk | |
| Similar spelling: |
Diep dive diva divvy |
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