Dip
[dɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms.
(noun.) a brief swim in water.
(noun.) a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow.
(noun.) a brief immersion.
(noun.) tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped.
(noun.) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
(noun.) a depression in an otherwise level surface; 'there was a dip in the road'.
(verb.) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid.
(verb.) go down momentarily; 'Prices dipped'.
(verb.) place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax.
(verb.) dip into a liquid; 'He dipped into the pool'.
(verb.) slope downwards; 'Our property dips towards the river'.
(verb.) appear to move downward; 'The sun dipped below the horizon'; 'The setting sun sank below the tree line'.
(verb.) lower briefly; 'She dipped her knee'.
(verb.) plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; 'He dipped into his pocket'.
(verb.) immerse in a disinfectant solution; 'dip the sheep'.
(verb.) scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; 'dip water out of a container'.
(verb.) take a small amount from; 'I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present'.
Edited by Annabel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
(v. t.) To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
(v. t.) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
(v. t.) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
(v. t.) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.
(v. t.) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
(v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
(v. i.) To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
(v. i.) To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.
(v. i.) To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.
(v. i.) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.
(v. i.) To dip snuff.
(n.) The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
(n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
(n.) A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
(n.) A dipped candle.
Editor: Tess
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1].Immerse, plunge, douse, souse.[2].Take out (with a ladle, cup, &c.).
v. n. [1].Thrust a ladle (cup, &c., into a liquid).[2].Incline, tend downward.[3].Engage cursorily, enter slightly.[4]. Dive, plunge, duck, pitch, immerse one's self.
Editor: Maris
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See IMMERSE]
SYN:Declination, depression, devexity, slope
ANT:Elevation, ascent, acclivity, gradient
Typist: Lycurgus
Definition
v.t. to dive or plunge into any liquid for a moment: to lower and raise again (as a flag): to baptise by immersion.—v.i. to sink: to enter slightly: to look cursorily: to incline downwards:—pr.p. dip′ping; pa.p. dipped.—n. inclination downwards: a sloping: (geol.) the angle a stratum of rock makes with a horizontal plane: a bath: a candle made by dipping a wick in tallow.—Dip of the horizon the angle of the horizon below the level of the eye; Dip of the needle the angle a balanced magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon measured by the Dipping needle or Compass.
Checker: Steve
Examples
- Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When dry, dip the paper into a solution of iodide of potassium, containing 500 grains dissolved in 1 pint of water, and let it remain in the solution two or three minutes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Allow the paper to remain half a minute, and then dip it into water, and again dry it lightly with blotting paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I bowed and took a dip of ink, and waited for my instructions. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then, take this, and go as fast as you can, and dip me up the clearest you can find. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then dip it into a vessel of water; remove the water on the surface by blotting paper, and dry it by a fire, in the dark or by candle-light. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- She had written in a hurry and dipped her pen too deep. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is enough, Robert Jordan said and dipped his cup into the wine bowl. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The satellite was gone; and Mr Inspector, becoming once again the quiet Abbot of that Monastery, dipped his pen in his ink and resumed his books. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sir Percival dipped a pen in ink, and handed it to his wife. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The brush being dipped into the coloured matter, the comb is passed over the brush in such manner as to cause the paint to spatter the object with fine drops or particles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He dipped up another cup of wine and raised it to Robert Jordan. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After the dipping they are subjected to a drying process and then boxed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The black kneeled beside the body and, dipping a corner of the cloth in the thoat oil, rubbed for a moment on the dead face before him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Emanuel is very exigeant, and because I looked at your coat-sleeve, instead of curtseying and dipping to himhe thinks I have failed in respect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Machines for Assorting and Dipping, Drying and Boxing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Dipping and barreling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some prefer to coat them by dipping them in melted paraffine after they have been treated in this manner. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Together with these came match dipping and match box machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In a moment's hesitation on the part of Mr. Snagsby, Bucket dips down to the bottom of his mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I had reached one of those rare places where a Martian tunnel dips suddenly to a lower level. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It had hardly started on one of its dips before his hands were moved in the proper direction to restore the balance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Vern