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a brief swim in water lower briefly; "She dipped her knee" appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river" dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep" scoop up by plunging one''s hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container" go down momentarily; "Prices dipped" stain an object by immersing it in a liquid a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped a brief immersion a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" 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" 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" switch (a car''s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places |
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