Definition
Meaning of 'dip'
Meaning of 'dip' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Dip 
[ n.]
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. [ n.]- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
- A dipped candle.
2. Dip [ v. i.]
- To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to
sink. [ v. i.]- To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
- To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.
- To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.
- To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.
- To dip snuff.
3. Dip [ v. t.]
- To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into
a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again. [ v. t.]- To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
- To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.
- To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
Meaning of 'dip' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. dip [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Example in sentence:
- a dip in prices;
- a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index;
- there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery;
- when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Meaning (2):
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
Example in sentence:
- there was a dip in the road
2. dip [ v]
[ v]Meaning (3):
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Example in sentence:
- dip the brush into the paint;
- dip the garment into the cleaning solution
Meaning (4):
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
Example in sentence:
- dip the sheep
Meaning (5):
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
Example in sentence:
- dip water out of a container
Meaning (6):
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
Example in sentence:
- He dipped into his pocket
Meaning (7):
- dip into a liquid
- dip into a liquid
Example in sentence:
- He dipped into the pool
Meaning (8):
- take a small amount from
- take a small amount from
Example in sentence:
- I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present
Meaning (9):
- slope downwards
- slope downwards
Example in sentence:
- Our property dips towards the river
Meaning (10):
- go down momentarily
- go down momentarily
Example in sentence:
- Prices dipped
Meaning (11):
- lower briefly
- lower briefly
Example in sentence:
- She dipped her knee
Meaning (12):
- dip into a liquid while eating
- dip into a liquid while eating
Example in sentence:
- She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
Meaning (13):
- appear to move downward
- appear to move downward
Example in sentence:
- The setting sun sank below the tree line;
- The sun dipped below the horizon
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