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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
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