dip

Meanings

• a depression in an otherwise level surface
  • "there was a dip in the road"
• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
• tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
• a brief immersion
• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
  • "a dip in prices"
• a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
• a brief swim in water
• a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
• 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"
• dip into a liquid while eating
• go down momentarily
  • "Prices dipped"
• stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
• take a small amount from
  • "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• lower briefly
  • "She dipped her knee"
• appear to move downward
  • "The sun dipped below the horizon"
• slope downwards
  • "Our property dips towards the river"
• dip into a liquid
  • "He dipped into the pool"
• place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
• immerse in a disinfectant solution
  • "dip the sheep"
• plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
  • "He dipped into his pocket"
• scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
  • "dip water out of a container"

Synonyms

angle of dip, cutpurse, dim, douse, drop, duck, dunk, fall, free fall, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, pickpocket, plunge, sink, souse