dip into

vb (intr, preposition)

1. to draw (upon): he dipped into his savings.

2. to read (passages) at random or cursorily in (a book, newspaper, etc)

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Verb

dip into - read selectively; read only certain passages from a text

read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

dip

verb

1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid:

douse, duck, dunk, immerge, immerse, souse, submerge, submerse.

2. To immerse in a coloring solution:

color, dye.

3. To take a substance, as liquid, from a container by plunging the hand or a utensil into it:

bail, lade, ladle, scoop (up).

4. To slope downward:

decline, descend, drop, fall, pitch, sink.

phrasal verb
dip into

To look through reading matter casually:

browse, flip through, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), riffle (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through).

noun

1. The act of swimming:

duck, dunk, plunge, swim.

2. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices:

decline, descent, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble.

3. An area sunk below its surroundings:

basin, concavity, depression, hollow, pit, sag, sink, sinkhole.

4. Slang. One deficient in judgment and good sense:

ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool.

Informal: dope, gander, goose.

Slang: cretin, ding-dong, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey.

Translations

يَتَصَفَّحُ كِتابا

nahlédnoutsáhnout navybrat z

gøre indhug ikigge iskimme

angreifen

feuilleter

belelapozbelenyúl a zsebébe

glugga ítaka út

fuske i gjøre inngrep i kikke litt på

nahliadnuťsiahnuť do

el atmakgöz atmak karıştırmak kullanmak

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vi +prep obj

(lit) she dipped into her bag for her keys → sie griff in ihre Tasche, um ihre Schlüssel zu holen

(fig) to dip into one’s pocket → tief in die Tasche greifen; to dip into one’s savings → seine Ersparnisse angreifen, an seine Ersparnisse gehen

book → einen kurzen Blick werfen in (+acc)

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dip

(dip) – past tense, past participle dipped – verb

1. to lower into any liquid for a moment. He dipped his bread in the soup.

2. to slope downwards. The road dipped just beyond the crossroads.

3. to lower the beam of (car headlights). He dipped his lights as the other car approached.

4. (of a ship) to lower (a flag) briefly in salute.

noun

1. a hollow (in a road etc). The car was hidden by a dip in the road.

2. a soft, savoury mixture in which a biscuit etc can be dipped. a cheese dip.

3. a short swim. a dip in the sea.

dip into

1. to withdraw amounts from (a supply, eg of money). I've been dipping into my savings recently.

2. to look briefly at (a book) or to study (a subject) in a casual manner. I've dipped into his book on Shakespeare, but I haven't read it right through.