dip
verb
[ dɪp ]
• put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).
• "he dipped a brush in the paint"
Similar:
immerse,
submerge,
plunge,
duck,
dunk,
lower,
sink,
douse,
soak,
drench,
souse,
steep,
saturate,
bathe,
rinse,
• put a hand or implement into (a bag or container) in order to take something out.
• "Ian dipped into his briefcase and pulled out a photograph"
Similar:
reach into,
put one's hand into,
• sink, drop, or slope downwards.
• "the sun had dipped below the horizon"
Similar:
sink,
set,
drop,
go/drop down,
fall,
descend,
fade,
disappear,
subside,
vanish,
be engulfed,
slope down,
slope,
slant down,
go down,
drop away,
fall away,
decline,
be at an angle,
droop,
sag,
• miss an opportunity; fail.
• pick (someone's pocket).
dip
noun
• a brief swim.
• "they cooled off by taking a dip in the pool"
• a thick sauce in which pieces of food are dipped before eating.
• "tasty garlic dip"
• a brief downward slope followed by an upward one.
• "the big hedge at the bottom of the dip"
Similar:
slope,
incline,
decline,
slant,
descent,
cant,
hollow,
concavity,
depression,
basin,
indentation,
dimple,
trough,
• the extent to which something is angled downward from the horizontal.
• powdered or finely cut tobacco that is held in the mouth, typically between the gums and lip, rather than smoked.
• "he threw out all of his cans of dip and swore off tobacco"
• a stupid or foolish person.
• a pickpocket.
• a candle made by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax.
Origin:
Old English dyppan, of Germanic origin; related to deep.
DIP
abbreviation
• document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.
• dual in-line package, a package for an integrated circuit consisting of a rectangular sealed unit with two parallel rows of downward-pointing pins.
Dip.
abbreviation
• diploma.
