Main entry: dip
Definition: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
Definition: a brief swim in water
Main entry: dip
Definition: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
Main entry: 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
Main entry: dip
Definition: a brief immersion
Main entry: dip
Definition: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
Main entry: pickpocket, cutpurse, dip
Definition: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
Main entry: dip, angle of dip, inclination, magnetic inclination, magnetic dip
Definition: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
Main entry: dip
Definition: a depression in an otherwise level surface
Usage: there was a dip in the road
Main entry: dip
Definition: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
Main entry: 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
Main entry: dip
Definition: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
Usage: dip water out of a container
Main entry: 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
Main entry: dip
Definition: plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
Usage: He dipped into his pocket
Main entry: dip
Definition: immerse in a disinfectant solution
Usage: dip the sheep
Main entry: dip
Definition: place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
Definition: dip into a liquid
Usage: He dipped into the pool
Main entry: 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
Main entry: dip
Definition: lower briefly
Usage: She dipped her knee
Definition: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Main entry: dip
Definition: take a small amount from
Usage: I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present