1. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
   "dip the brush into the paint";
   - dunk, souse, plunge, douse
    
2. Immerse into a liquid
   "He dipped into the pool";
   - douse, duck
    
3. (of food) put into a liquid to absorb some of it
   "She dipped the piece of bread in the sauce";
   - dunk
    
4. Go down momentarily
   "Prices dipped"
    
5. Lower briefly
   "She dipped her knee"
    
6. Appear to move downward
   "The sun dipped below the horizon";
   - sink
    
7. Slope downwards
   "Our property dips towards the river"
    
8. Take a small amount from
   "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
    
9. Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
   "dip water out of a container"
    
10. Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
    "He dipped into his pocket"
     
11. Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
    "She dipped the fabric in the dye"
     
12. Immerse in a disinfectant solution
    "dip the sheep"
     
13. Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
    "She dipped the wicks to make handcrafted candles"
     
14. Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
    "She dipped her headlights as she approached the intersection";
    - dim

1. A brief immersion
   "She took a quick dip in the pool to cool off"
    
2. Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
   "She prepared a spinach and artichoke dip for the party"
    
3. A depression in an otherwise level surface
   "there was a dip in the road"
    
4. A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
   "a dip in prices";
   - drop, fall, free fall
    
5. A brief swim in water
   "They took a quick dip in the lake to cool off";
   - plunge
    
6. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
   "He performed ten consecutive dips on the parallel bars"
    
7. A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
   "The historical reenactment featured artisans making dip candles"
    
8. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
   "Navigators must account for the angle of dip when using a magnetic compass near the poles";
   - angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination
    
9. A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
   "the dip dodged through the crowd";
   - pickpocket, cutpurse [archaic]

Derived forms: dipped, dipping, dips

Type of: angle, bring down, candle, change intensity, condiment, decline, decrease, decrement, depression, draw, draw off, get down, go down, gymnastic exercise, immerse, immersion, impression, imprint, incline, let down, lift out, lower, make from scratch, pitch, plunge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, slope, stain, stealer, submergence, submerging, submersion, swim, swimming, take down, take out, take up, taper, thief, wane, wax light, withdraw

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