dip
dip
- n a depression in an otherwise level surface
there was a dip in the road - n (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- n a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- n tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- n a brief immersion
- n a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
a dip in prices - n a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- n a brief swim in water
- n a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- v 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 - v dip into a liquid while eating
- v go down momentarily
Prices dipped - v stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- v take a small amount from
I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present - v switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- v lower briefly
She dipped her knee - v appear to move downward
The sun dipped below the horizon - v slope downwards
Our property dips towards the river - v dip into a liquid
He dipped into the pool - v place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- v immerse in a disinfectant solution
dip the sheep - v plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
He dipped into his pocket - v scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
dip water out of a container
- In Varanasi--where 60,000 people gather daily, most for a holy dip--pumps were set up to divert sewage to a new treatment plant downstream.
- A dip vat is a long, narrow, 7-ft.
- When I asked people how taking a dip in any river could absolve a person of sins, the only answer I got was that there must be some reason, otherwise why were so many people .