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Meaning of 'dip' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dip [ n.]
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • there was a dip in the road
3 . dip [ v]
Meaning (3):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • dip the sheep
Meaning (5):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • He dipped into his pocket
Meaning (7):
- dip into a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • He dipped into the pool
Meaning (8):
- take a small amount from
Example in sentence:
  • I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present
Meaning (9):
- slope downwards
Example in sentence:
  • Our property dips towards the river
Meaning (10):
- go down momentarily
Example in sentence:
  • Prices dipped
Meaning (11):
- lower briefly
Example in sentence:
  • She dipped her knee
Meaning (12):
- dip into a liquid while eating
Example in sentence:
  • She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
Meaning (13):
- appear to move downward
Example in sentence:
  • The setting sun sank below the tree line;
  • The sun dipped below the horizon

Nearby Words:

dipaschal dipchick dipetalous diphenyl diphtheria diphtherial diphtheric diphtheritic diphthong diphthongal

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