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dip  (dp)

v. dipped, dip·ping, dips

v.tr.

1. To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.

2. To color or dye by immersing: dip Easter eggs.

3. To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.

4. To form (a candle) by repeatedly immersing a wick in melted wax or tallow.

5. To galvanize or plate (metal) by immersion.

6. To scoop up by plunging the hand or a receptacle below the surface, as of a liquid; ladle: dip water out of a bucket.

7. To lower and raise (a flag) in salute.

8. To lower or drop (something) suddenly: dipped my head to avoid the branch.

9. Slang To pick the pockets of.

v.intr.

1. To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.

2. To plunge the hand or a receptacle into liquid or a container, especially so as to take something up or out: I dipped into my pocket for some coins.

3. To withdraw a small amount from a fund: We dipped into our savings.

4. To drop down or sink out of sight suddenly: The sun dipped below the horizon.

5. To drop suddenly before climbing. Used of an aircraft.

6. To slope downward; decline: The road dipped.

7. To decline slightly and usually temporarily: Sales dipped after Christmas.

8. Geology To lie at an angle to the horizontal plane, as a rock stratum or vein.

9.

a. To read here and there at random; browse: dipping into Chaucer.

b. To investigate a subject superficially; dabble: dipped into psychology.

10. Slang To steal by picking pockets.

n.

1. A brief plunge or immersion, especially a quick swim.

2. A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing or disinfecting.

3. A savory creamy mixture into which crackers, raw vegetables, or other foods may be dipped.

4. An amount taken up by dipping.

5. A container for dipping.

6. A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.

7. A downward slope; a decline.

8. A sharp downward course; a drop: a dip in prices.

9. Geology The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.

10.

a. Linguistics A part of a phrase or sentence that is unstressed or less strongly stressed relative to surrounding words, as the words I and to in I have to go.

b. Poetry The unstressed portion of a metrical foot.

11. Magnetic dip.

12. A hollow or depression.

13. Sports A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered by bending the elbows until the chin reaches the level of the bars and then is raised by straightening the arms.

14. Slang A pickpocket.

15. Slang A foolish or stupid person.

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[Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: dip, douse¹, duck², dunk
These verbs mean to immerse briefly into a liquid: dipped her hand into the basin; doused his head in the shower; playmates ducking each other in the pool; dunked his cookies in milk.

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dip

Verb

[dipping, dipped]

1. to plunge or be plunged quickly or briefly into a liquid

2. to put one's hands into something, esp. to obtain an object: she dipped into her handbag looking for change

3. to slope downwards

4. to switch (car headlights) from the main to the lower beam

5. to undergo a slight decline, esp. temporarily: sales dipped in November

6. to immerse (farm animals) briefly in a chemical to rid them of insects

7. to lower or be lowered briefly: she dipped her knee in a curtsy

Noun

1. the act of dipping

2. a brief swim

3. a liquid chemical in which farm animals are dipped

4. a depression, esp. in a landscape

5. a momentary sinking down

6. a creamy mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eaten

See also dip into [Old English dyppan]

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dip  (dp) 1. The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon. 2. See magnetic inclination.

dip strike and dip of inclined rock strata

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dip - a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
	2.	dip - (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" angle - the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
	3.	dip - a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places cutpurse, pickpocket stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
	4.	dip - tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped bean dip - a dip made of cooked beans cheese dip - a dip made of cheeses clam dip - a dip made of clams and soft cream cheese guacamole - a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings condiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; "mustard and ketchup are condiments"
	5.	dip - a brief immersion immersion, submergence, submerging, submersion - sinking until covered completely with water
	6.	dip - 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"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" free fall, drop, fall decrement, decrease - the amount by which something decreases correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction" voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing
	7.	dip - a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow candle, wax light, taper - stick of wax with a wick in the middle
	8.	dip - a brief swim in water                 plunge swim, swimming - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
	9.	dip - a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms gymnastic exercise - (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)
Verb	1.	dip - 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" dunk, souse, douse, plunge sop - dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce" immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" douse, duck, dip - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" dabble - dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
	2.	dip - dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" dunk eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
	3.	dip - go down momentarily; "Prices dipped" wane, go down, decline - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
	4.	dip - stain an object by immersing it in a liquid stain - color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
	5.	dip - take a small amount from; "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present" draw off, take out, withdraw, draw - remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
	6.	dip - switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam dim change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
	7.	dip - lower briefly; "She dipped her knee" bring down, let down, lower, take down, get down - move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
	8.	dip - appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" sink subside - sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside" decline - go down; "The roof declines here"
	9.	dip - slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river" slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
	10.	dip - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" douse, duck dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge - 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"
	11.	dip - place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
	12.	dip - immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep" immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
	13.	dip - plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket" immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
	14.	dip - scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container" lift out, scoop, scoop up, scoop out, take up - take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"

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dip

verb 1. plunge, immerse, bathe, duck, rinse, douse, dunk, souse

verb 2. drop (down), set, fall, lower, disappear, sink, fade, slump, descend, tilt, subside, sag, droop

verb 3. slope, drop (down), descend, fall, decline, pitch, sink, incline, drop away

noun 4. plunge, ducking, soaking, drenching, immersion, douche, submersion

noun 5. nod, drop, lowering, slump, sag

noun 6. hollow, hole, depression, pit, basin, dent, trough, indentation, concavity

noun 7. mixture, solution, preparation, suspension, infusion, concoction, dilution

dip into something

1. sample, try, skim, play at, glance at, run over, browse, dabble, peruse, surf Computing

2. draw upon, use, employ, extract, take from, make use of, fall back on, reach into, have recourse to

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In naval mine warfare, the amount by which a moored mine is carried beneath its set depth by a current or tidal stream acting on the mine casing and mooring.

Translations

dip [dɪp] n (= slope) → pendiente f;

(in sea) → chapuzón m

vt (in water) → mojar [+ ladle etc]; meter;

(BRIT) (AUT): to dip one's lights → poner la luz de cruce

vi → inclinarse hacia abajo

dip [dɪp] n (= slope) → déclivité f;

(in sea) → baignade f, bain m;

(Culin) → sauce f

vt → tremper, plonger;

(Brit) (Aut) [+ lights]; mettre en code, baisser

vi → plonger

dip [dɪp] n → Senke f;

(in sea) → kurzes Bad nt;

(Culin) → Dip m;

(for sheep) → Desinfektionslösung f

vt → eintauchen;

(Brit) (Aut) → abblenden

vi → abfallen

dip [dɪp] n (= slope) → discesa;

(in sea) → bagno

vt → immergere, bagnare;

(BRIT ) (AUT) [+ lights]; abbassare

vi [road] → essere in pendenza; [bird, plane] → abbassarsi

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dip

v dip [dip]

1 to lower into any liquid for a moment He dipped his bread in the soup.doopيَغْمِسُтопвaмnamočit, ponořitdyppeeintauchenβουτώ κτ. σε υγρόmojarsisse pistma, kastmaفرو بردن؛ غوطه دادنkastaa, upottaatremperלִטבּוֹלडुबानाumočitibemártmencelupkandÿfa íintingereちょっと浸す(액체에 살짝) 담그다, 적시다panardinti, pamerktiiemērkt; iegremdētcelupdompelendyppe, senke (ned i)zanurzaćmergulhara înmuiaмакатьnamočiťpomočitiumočitidoppaจุ่มbatırmak, daldırmak浸занурювати(ся); вмочатиکسی مائع میں ہلکی سی ڈبکی دیناnhúng,nhấn chìm浸

2 to slope downwards The road dipped just beyond the crossroads.inklineerيَنْحَدِرнавеждамklesatskråne; gå nedadsich senkenκατηφορίζωdescender, bajarlangemaسرازیر شدنviettäädescendreלָרֶדֶתकम होनाnagibati se , spuštati selejtmenurunhallascendere下がる경사지다, 내려가다leistis žemynnoslīdēt zemāk; nolaisties; vest lejupmenurundalenhelle/skråne nedoveropadaćbaixara coborîпод уклон идтиklesaťspustiti sespustiti seslutta, sänka sigลาดyokuş aşağı gitmek, alçalmak下降спускати(ся)سطح سے نیچے اترناdốc xuống下降

3 to lower the beam of (car headlights) He dipped his lights as the other car approached.dompيُخْفِضُ الضَّوْء العالي في السَّيّارَهнамалявам фароветеsklopitblænde nedabblendenμειώνω την ένταση, χαμηλώνω (π.χ. τα φώτα του αυτοκινήτου)bajarlähituledele üle minemaکم کردن؛ پایین بردنvaihtaa lähivalot(se) mettre en codeלְהַנמִיךनीचे को आनाoboriti svjetla„leveszi” a fénytmeredupkanlækka ljósinabbassare下に向ける(자동차 전조등의) 각도를 낮추다, 전조등을 낮추어 도로를 향해 비추도록 하다perjungti į artimąsias šviesas(par automašīnām) izslēgt tālās gaismasrendahkandimmenblende (ned)zmieniać na krótkiebaixara micşora (lumina farurilor)переключать (фары) на ближний светsklopiťzasenčiti (luči)smanjitiblända avลดลงkısa farları yakmak降低汽車頭燈亮度перевести світло фар с дальнього на ближнєگاڑی کی روشنی کو جھپکی دیناhạ thoáng xuống降低汽车头灯亮度

4 (of a ship) to lower (a flag) briefly in salute. laat sakيُخْفِضُ عَلَمَ السَّفينَهспускамpozdravitkippedippenχαμηλώνω π.χ. σημαία σε χαιρετισμόbajar banderatervituseks (lippu) langetamaپایین بردن و فوراً بالا آوردنlaskea ja nostaa tervehdykseensaluer (avec le pavillon)לְהַנמִיך לְרֶגָעसलामी में थोड़ी देर के लिए जहाज का झंडा झुकानाspustiti zastavu (kod pozdrava)zászlóval üdvözöl (hajót)menurunkan benderadÿfa (fána)(abbassare una bandiera in segno di saluto)旗をちょっと下げる경례의 표시로 (배의 깃발을) 잠시 내리다truputį nuleisti (vėliavą)(par kuģi) nolaist karogu (sveicienam)banggakaneven neerlatenhilse med flaggetzasalutować (flagą)baixara saluta (prin coborârea pavilionului)салютовать флагомpozdraviťspustiti (zastavo v pozdrav)spustitihälsa []ลดธงลงbayrak indirmek把旗下降後即行升起(對另一船揚旗致敬)，行點旗禮салютуватиسلامی دیناhạ xuống rồi kéo lên ngay把旗下降后即行升起（对另一船扬旗致敬），die Senkungκοίλωμαdepresión, hondonadalohkگودی کوچک؛ فرورفتگی کوچکpainumacreuxשֶׁקָעगड्ढाulekninahorpadás (földben)cekunganslakkiavvallamentoくぼみ(도로의) 침하된 부분, 들어간 곳įdubakritumslubanginzinkingforsenkning, søkkdziura !! added 3rd meaning !!depressãogroapăвпадинаvýmoľ, jamaluknjarupasänka, svackaหลุมçukur公路下凹部заглиблення; укісسڑک وغیرہ میں نشیبviệc nhấn chìm公路下凹部

2 a soft, savoury mixture in which a biscuit etc can be dipped a cheese dip.doopsousغِماس، طعام تُغْمَس فيه اللقْمَهрядък соcomáčka, pomazánkadipdie Tunkeσάλτσα στην οποία βουτά κπ. στέρεα τροφήsalsakasteچاشنی؛ سسdippikastikehors-d'oeuvre crémeuxמִטבָּלएक मिश्रण जिसमें बिस्कुट डुबाया जा सकता हैumakmártáskeju cairídÿfacrema, salsaディップ쿠키 등을 찍어 먹는 걸쭉한 액체padažasmērcecelupandipsausdipmolhososсоусnátierka, omáčkaomakaumakdipsåsน้ำจิ้มdaldırye sos浸餅幹的調味醬соус, підливаچٹنی یا مسالہ وغیرہ جس میں کوئی چیز ڈبو کے کھائی جاۓnước chấm浸饼干的调味酱

3 a short swim a dip in the sea.swem, induikغَطْسَهкратко плуванеsmočenídukkertkurzes Badβουτιάchapuzónsukeldusآبتنی؛ شنای کوتاهkastautuminenbaignadeטִבילָהसंक्षिप्त तैराकीuronmegmártózásberenangstinga sérbagnoひと浴び짧은 수영išsimaudymas, murktelėjimasātra izpeldēšanāsberenang sekejapduikdukkertkrótka kąpielmergulhobaieкупаниеovlaženie, rýchly kúpeľkratko kopanjekratkotrajno kupanje u morudoppการว่ายน้ำระยะสั้นdalıp çıkma時間短暫的遊泳занурюванняڈبکی یا غوطہ لگاناđi tắm ào时间短暂的游泳

dip into

1 to withdraw amounts from (a supply, eg of money) I've been dipping into my savings recently.geld gebruikيَسْحَبُ من تَوْفيراتِه، يَغْمِسُ يَدَهُ في رَصيدِهِ، يُنْفِقُбръквамvybrat z, sáhnout nagøre indhug i; tage hul påangreifenβάζω χέρι σε (μτφ.), αφαιρώechar mano dekukrut kergendamaبرداشتنkajotapuiser (dans)לִמשוֹך כֶּסֶףकमीposegnuti zabelenyúl a zsebébemenarik simpanantaka útattingere使い込む돈을 마구 쓰다imti išķerties pie (ietaupījumiem u.tml.)mengeluarkan simpananeen aanspraak doen opgjøre inngrep isięgaćrecorrer aa lua bani (din)транжиритьsiahnuť do, načrieťseči (v)načetita av, tulla påใช้เงินที่เก็บสะสมมาel atmak, kullanmak亂花錢потратитиغلّے سے پیسہ نکالناrút tiền ra乱花钱

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.vlugtig kennis maak metيَتَصَفَّحُ كِتاباразглеждамnahlédnoutkigge i; skimmeeinen Blick werfen inρίχνω μια ματιάhojear, por encima leerpilku heitmaبطور سطحی مطالعه کردنvilkaistafeuilleterלְדַפדֵף בְּ-ध्यान लगा कर नहीं पढ़नाzaviritibelelapoz (könyvbe)melihat, membaca sebentarglugga íscorrere拾い読みする(책을)대충 읽다, (관심사·학문에 대해) 약간 공부하다žvilgterėtipavirši iepazīties (ar grāmatu, tēmu)melihat secara ringkasvluchtig bekijkenkikke litt på; fuske i (faget)zaglądaćfolheara-şi arunca ochii pesteпросматриватьnahliadnuťprelistati (knjigo)zaviritibläddra (titta) i, nosa påดูคร่าว ๆgöz atmak, karıştırmak草草閱讀(或學習)пробігтиمختصرا مطلعہ کرناxem lướt qua草草阅读（或学习）