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DIP
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Irregular inflected forms: dipped , dipping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
gymnastic exercise ((gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A brief swim in water
Synonyms:
dip; plunge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
swim; swimming (the act of swimming)
Derivation:
dip (dip into a liquid)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
candle; taper; wax light (stick of wax with a wick in the middle)
Derivation:
dip (place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Example:
when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (the amount by which something decreases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dip"):
correction (a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases)
voltage drop (a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A brief immersion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
immersion; submergence; submerging; submersion (sinking until covered completely with water)
Derivation:
dip (stain an object by immersing it in a liquid)
dip (dip into a liquid while eating)
dip (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)
dip (immerse in a disinfectant solution)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
condiment (a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dip"):
bean dip (a dip made of cooked beans)
cheese dip (a dip made of cheeses)
clam dip (a dip made of clams and soft cream cheese)
guacamole (a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings)
Derivation:
dip (dip into a liquid while eating)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
Synonyms:
cutpurse; dip; pickpocket
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
Sense 8
Meaning:
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
Synonyms:
angle of dip; dip; inclination; magnetic dip; magnetic inclination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A depression in an otherwise level surface
Example:
there was a dip in the road
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("dip" is a kind of...):
depression; impression; imprint (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing)
Derivation:
dip (go down momentarily)
dip (slope downwards)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dip ... he / she / it dips
Past simple: dipped
Past participle: dipped
-ing form: dipping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
stain (color with a liquid dye or tint)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dip (a brief immersion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Go down momentarily
Example:
Prices dipped
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
decline; go down; wane (grow smaller)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The stock market is going to dip
Derivation:
dip (a depression in an otherwise level surface)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Dip into a liquid while eating
Example:
She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
Synonyms:
dip; dunk
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
dip (a brief immersion)
dip (tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped)
dipper (a ladle that has a cup with a long handle)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
Example:
dip water out of a container
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Example:
dip the brush into the paint
Synonyms:
dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dip"):
sop (dip into liquid)
dip; douse; duck (dip into a liquid)
dabble (dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
dip (a brief immersion)
dipper (a ladle that has a cup with a long handle)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
Example:
He dipped into his pocket
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 7
Meaning:
Immerse in a disinfectant solution
Example:
dip the sheep
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dip (a brief immersion)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dip (a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Dip into a liquid
Example:
He dipped into the pool
Synonyms:
dip; douse; duck
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
dip (a brief swim in water)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Slope downwards
Example:
Our property dips towards the river
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
incline; pitch; slope (be at an angle)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
dip (a depression in an otherwise level surface)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Appear to move downward
Example:
The setting sun sank below the tree line
Synonyms:
dip; sink
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
decline (go down)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dip"):
subside (sink to a lower level or form a depression)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
The moon will soon dip
Sense 12
Meaning:
Lower briefly
Example:
She dipped her knee
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
bring down; get down; let down; lower; take down (move something or somebody to a lower position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Synonyms:
dim; dip
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
change intensity (increase or decrease in intensity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
Meaning:
Take a small amount from
Example:
I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "dip" is one way to...):
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
After 2012, deforestation began to increase successively with only minor dips.
(Amazon lost 7,989 km² of forest in 12 months, Agência Brasil)
Usually, dips of 1% and more can be picked up by ground-based searches, but the NGTS telescopes can pick up a dip of just 0.2%.
(‘Forbidden’ planet found wandering ‘Neptunian Desert’, University of Cambridge)
Based on the strong ultraviolet dip, the researchers determined the blocking particles must be bigger than interstellar dust, small grains that could be located anywhere between Earth and the star.
(Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by Dust, NASA)
But he said: “You have dipped your finger into the water, this time it may pass, but take care you do not again let anything go in.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
She had written in a hurry and dipped her pen too deep.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He took the sponge, dipped it in, and moistened the corpse-like face; he asked for my smelling-bottle, and applied it to the nostrils.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But Mugridge had little stomach for a dip in it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Our visit to the hospital took more time than we had reckoned on, and the sun had dipped before we came out.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He dipped into this bottle or that, drawing out a few drops of each with his glass pipette, and finally brought a test-tube containing a solution over to the table.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
