Synonyms: dip
Definition: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
Similar words: gymnastic exercise
Definition: (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)
Definition: a brief swim in water
Definition: the act of swimming
Usage: it was the swimming they enjoyed most: they took a short swim in the pool
Synonyms: dip
Definition: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
Synonyms: dip, drop, fall, free fall
Definition: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Usage: 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
Synonyms: dip
Definition: a brief immersion
Similar words: submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion
Definition: sinking until covered completely with water
Synonyms: dip
Definition: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
Similar words: condiment
Definition: a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment
Usage: mustard and ketchup are condiments
Synonyms: pickpocket, cutpurse, dip
Definition: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
Definition: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Synonyms: dip, angle of dip, inclination, magnetic inclination, magnetic dip
Definition: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
Similar words: angle
Definition: the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
Synonyms: dip
Definition: a depression in an otherwise level surface
Usage: there was a dip in the road
Similar words: depression, impression, imprint
Definition: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
Usage: he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
Synonyms: dip
Definition: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
Similar words: stain
Definition: color with a liquid dye or tint
Usage: Stain this table a beautiful walnut color; people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages
Synonyms: dip
Definition: go down momentarily
Usage: Prices dipped
Definition: dip into a liquid while eating
Usage: She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
Similar words: eat
Definition: take in solid food
Usage: She was eating a banana; What did you eat for dinner last night?
Synonyms: dip
Definition: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
Usage: dip water out of a container
Similar words: take up, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, lift out
Definition: take out or up with or as if with a scoop
Usage: scoop the sugar out of the container
Synonyms: souse, dunk, dip, douse, plunge
Definition: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Usage: dip the garment into the cleaning solution; dip the brush into the paint
Synonyms: dip
Definition: plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
Usage: He dipped into his pocket
Synonyms: dip
Definition: immerse in a disinfectant solution
Usage: dip the sheep
Synonyms: dip
Definition: place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
Similar words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Definition: make from scratch
Definition: dip into a liquid
Usage: He dipped into the pool
Similar words: souse, dunk, dip, douse, plunge
Definition: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Usage: dip the garment into the cleaning solution; dip the brush into the paint
Synonyms: dip
Definition: slope downwards
Usage: Our property dips towards the river
Definition: appear to move downward
Usage: The sun dipped below the horizon; The setting sun sank below the tree line
Synonyms: dip
Definition: lower briefly
Usage: She dipped her knee
Similar words: bring down, let down, lower, get down, take down
Definition: move something or somebody to a lower position
Usage: take down the vase from the shelf
Definition: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Similar words: change intensity
Definition: increase or decrease in intensity
Synonyms: dip
Definition: take a small amount from
Usage: I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present
Similar words: withdraw, draw, draw off, take out
Definition: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
Usage: She drew $2,000 from the account; The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank