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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dip \dip\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dippedor dipt ?; p. pr. 
   vb. n. dipping. oe. dippen, duppen, as. dyppan; akin to
   dan. dyppe, sw. doppa, and to as. d?pan to baptize, os.
   d?pian, d. doopen, g. taufen, sw. d"opa, goth. daupjan,
   lith. dubus deep, hollow, oslav. dupl? hollow, and to e.
   dive. cf. deep, dive.
   1. to plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into
      a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
      1913 webster

            the priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --lev.
                                                  iv. 6.
      1913 webster

            wat'ry fowl now dip their pinions in the briny
            deep.                                 --pope.
      1913 webster

            while the prime swallow dips his wing. --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2. to immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --book of
      common prayer. fuller.
      1913 webster

   3. to wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. poetic
      1913 webster

            a cold shuddering dew
            dips me all o'er.                     --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. to plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
      1913 webster

            he was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the commons.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   5. 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.
      1913 webster

   6. to engage as a pledge; to mortgage. obs.
      1913 webster

            live on the use and never dip thy lands. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick
      in melted tallow.

   to dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and
      teeth. southern u. s.

   to dip the colors naut., to lower the colors and return
      them to place; -- a form of naval salute.
      1913 webster
see also:
dipped dipt dipping deep dive dipped candle 
to dip snuff to dip the colors 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dipped \dipped\ adj.
   having an abnormal sagging of the spine, especially in
   horses.

   syn: sway-backed.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dip
     n 1: a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip
          in the road"
     2: physics the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the
        plane of the horizon syn: angle of dip, magnetic dip,
         magnetic inclination, inclination
     3: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in
        public places syn: pickpocket, cutpurse
     4: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are
        dipped
     5: a brief 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" syn: drop, fall, free fall
     7: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax
        or tallow
     8: a brief swim in water syn: plunge
     9: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body
        is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the
        arms
     v 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" syn: dunk, souse, plunge,
           douse
     2: dip into a liquid while eating; "she dunked the piece of
        bread in the sauce" syn: dunk
     3: go down momentarily; "prices dipped"
     4: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
     5: switch a car's headlights from a higher to a lower beam
        syn: dim
     6: lower briefly; "she dipped her knee"
     7: appear to move downward; "the sun dipped below the horizon";
        "the setting sun sank below the tree line" syn: sink
     8: slope downwards; "our property dips towards the river"
     9: dip into a liquid; "he dipped into the pool" syn: douse,
        duck
     10: of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
     11: immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
     12: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the
         surface; "dip water out of a container"
     also: dipping, dipped
see also:
angle of dip magnetic dip magnetic inclination inclination pickpocket cutpurse 
drop fall free fall plunge dunk 
souse douse dim sink duck 
dipping dipped 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dipped
     adj : having abnormal sagging of the spine especially in horses
           syn: lordotic, swayback, swaybacked
see also:
lordotic swayback swaybacked 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dipped
     see dip
see also:
dip 

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