1. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
   "The dipped back of the horse indicated a potential health issue";
   - lordotic, swayback, swaybacked

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

See also: unfit

Type of: bring down, change intensity, decline, draw, draw off, get down, go down, immerse, incline, let down, lift out, lower, make from scratch, pitch, plunge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, slope, stain, take down, take out, take up, wane, withdraw

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