dip

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

2. 2transitive verb

   To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.

3. 3transitive verb

   To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

4. 4transitive verb

   To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To dip snuff.

13. 13noun

    The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.

14. 14noun

    Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

15. 15noun

    A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.

16. 16noun

    A dipped candle.

17. 17noun

    a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

18. 18noun

    a brief swim in water

    Synonyms

    plunge
19. 19noun

    a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

20. 20noun

    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

    "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"

    "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"

    Synonyms

    dropfall
21. 21noun

    a brief immersion

22. 22noun

    tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

23. 23noun

    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

    Synonyms

    cutpursepickpocket
24. 24noun

    (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

    Synonyms

    inclination
25. 25noun

    a depression in an otherwise level surface

    "there was a dip in the road"

26. 26verb

    stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

27. 27verb

    go down momentarily

    "Prices dipped"

28. 28verb

    dip into a liquid while eating

    "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

    Synonyms

    dunk
29. 29verb

    scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

    "dip water out of a container"

30. 30verb

    immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

    "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"

    "dip the brush into the paint"

    Synonyms

    dousedunkplungesouse
31. 31verb

    plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

    "He dipped into his pocket"

32. 32verb

    immerse in a disinfectant solution

    "dip the sheep"

33. 33verb

    place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

34. 34verb

    dip into a liquid

    "He dipped into the pool"

    Synonyms

    douseduck
35. 35verb

    slope downwards

    "Our property dips towards the river"

36. 36verb

    appear to move downward

    "The sun dipped below the horizon"

    "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

    Synonyms

    sink
37. 37verb

    lower briefly

    "She dipped her knee"

38. 38verb

    switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

    Synonyms

    dim
39. 39verb

    take a small amount from

    "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"