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dips
verb(dip)
appear to move downward
Synonyms: sink,
Examples:
The sun dipped below the horizon.
dips
verb(dip)
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Synonyms: dim,
dips
verb(dip)
dip into a liquid while eating
Synonyms: dunk,
dips
noun(dip)
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Synonyms: drop, fall, free fall,
Examples:
A dip in prices.
dips
verb(dip)
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Synonyms: douse, dunk, plunge, souse,
Examples:
Dip the garment into the cleaning solution.
Dip the brush into the paint.
dips
noun(dip)
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
Synonyms: cutpurse, pickpocket,
dips
verb(dip)
dip into a liquid
Synonyms: douse, duck,
Examples:
He dipped into the pool.
dips
noun(dip)
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
Synonyms: angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination,
dips
noun(dip)
a brief swim in water
Synonyms: plunge,
dips
noun(dip)
a brief immersion
dips
noun(dip)
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
dips
noun(dip)
a depression in an otherwise level surface
Examples:
There was a dip in the road.
dips
noun(dip)
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
dips
verb(dip)
go down momentarily
Examples:
Prices dipped.
dips
verb(dip)
immerse in a disinfectant solution
Examples:
Dip the sheep.
dips
verb(dip)
lower briefly
Examples:
She dipped her knee.
dips
verb(dip)
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
dips
verb(dip)
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
Examples:
He dipped into his pocket.
dips
verb(dip)
scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
Examples:
Dip water out of a container.
dips
verb(dip)
slope downwards
Examples:
Our property dips towards the river.
dips
verb(dip)
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
dips
verb(dip)
take a small amount from
Examples:
I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present.
dips
noun(dip)
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

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