dip

1. (verb) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
Related Words: stain

2. (noun) a brief swim in water
Synonyms: plunge
Related Words: swim, swimming

3. (verb) go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
Related Words: decline, go down, wane

4. (verb) of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
Related Words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff

5. (verb) dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool"
Synonyms: douse, duck
Related Words: dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse

6. (verb) slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
Related Words: incline, pitch, slope

7. (verb) sink; "The sun dipped below the horizon"
Synonyms: sink
Related Words: decline

8. (verb) lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
Related Words: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down

9. (noun) a brief immersion
Related Words: immersion, submergence, submerging, submersion

10. (noun) tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
Related Words: bean dip, cheese dip, clam dip, condiment

11. (noun) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
Synonyms: angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination
Related Words: angle

12. (noun) a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"
Related Words: depression, impression, imprint

13. (verb) dip into a liquid while eating; as of bread in a soup or sauce
Synonyms: dunk
Related Words: eat

14. (verb) immerse into a liquid; "dunk the bread into the soup"
Synonyms: douse, dunk, plunge, souse
Related Words: dabble, dip, douse, duck, immerse, plunge, sop

15. (verb) switch a car's headlights from a higher to a lower beam
Synonyms: dim
Related Words: change intensity

16. (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
Synonyms: cutpurse, pickpocket
Related Words: thief



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