dip

v. immerse in a liquid; decrease, decline; reduce, lower

n. immersion in a liquid; decrease, decline; reduction, lowering

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Noun
1. a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"
(hypernym) depression, impression, imprint
2. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
(synonym) angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination
(hypernym) angle
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy
3. a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
(synonym) pickpocket, cutpurse
(hypernym) thief, stealer
4. tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
(hypernym) condiment
(hyponym) bean dip
(derivation) dunk
5. a brief immersion
(hypernym) submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion
6. 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"
(synonym) drop, fall, free fall
(hypernym) decrease, decrement
(hyponym) correction
7. a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
(hypernym) candle, taper, wax light
8. a brief swim in water
(synonym) plunge
(hypernym) swimming, swim
(derivation) douse, duck
9. a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
(hypernym) gymnastic exercise

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Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) dunk, souse, plunge, douse
(hypernym) immerse, plunge
(hyponym) sop
2. dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
(synonym) dunk
(hypernym) eat
3. go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
(hypernym) decline, go down, wane
4. stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
(hypernym) stain
5. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
(synonym) dim
(hypernym) change intensity
6. lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
(hypernym) lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
7. appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
(synonym) sink
(hypernym) decline
(hyponym) subside
8. slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
(hypernym) slope, incline, pitch
9. dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
(synonym) douse, duck
(hypernym) dunk, souse, plunge, douse
(derivation) plunge
10. of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
11. immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
(hypernym) immerse, plunge
12. scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
(hypernym) scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up

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