Collins English-English Dictionary

dip [dɪp]

1. 1. vb to plunge or be plunged quickly or briefly into a liquid, esp to wet or coat

2. 2. vt. [tr] to switch (car headlights) from the main to the lower beam dim

3. 3. vi. [intr] to undergo a slight decline, esp temporarily

   sales dipped in November

4. 4. vi. [intr] to slope downwards

   the land dips towards the river

5. 5. vi. [intr] to sink or appear to sink quickly

   the sun dipped below the horizon

6. 6. vt. [tr] to immerse (poultry, sheep, etc) briefly in a liquid chemical to rid them of or prevent infestation by insects, etc

7. 7. vt. to immerse (grain, vegetables, or wood) in a preservative liquid

8. 8. vt. [tr] to stain or dye by immersing in a liquid

9. 9. vt. [tr] to baptize (someone) by immersion

10. 10. vt. [tr] to plate or galvanize (a metal, etc) by immersion in an electrolyte or electrolytic cell

11. 11. vt. [tr] to scoop up a liquid or something from a liquid in the hands or in a container

12. 12. vt. to lower or be lowered briefly

    she dipped her knee in a curtsy

13. 13. vt. [tr] to make (a candle) by plunging the wick into melted wax

14. 14. vi. [intr] to plunge a container, the hands, etc, into something, esp to obtain or retrieve an object

    he dipped in his pocket for money

15. 15. vi. [intr; foll by in or into] to dabble (in); play (at)

    he dipped into black magic

16. 16. vi. [intr] (of an aircraft) to drop suddenly and then regain height

17. 17. vi. [intr] (of a rock stratum or mineral vein) to slope downwards from the horizontal

18. 18. vi. [intr; often foll by for] (in children's games) to select (a leader, etc) by reciting any of various rhymes

19. 19. vt. [tr] [slang] to pick (a person's) pocket

20. 20. n the act of dipping or state of being dipped

21. 21. n a brief swim in water

22. 22. n any liquid chemical preparation in which poultry, sheep, etc are dipped

23. 23. n any liquid preservative into which objects, esp of wood, are dipped

24. 24. n a preparation of dyeing agents into which fabric is immersed

25. 25. n a depression, esp in a landscape

26. 26. n something taken up by dipping

27. 27. n a container used for dipping; dipper

28. 28. n angle of dip magnetic dip inclination the angle between the direction of the earth's magnetic field and the plane of the horizon; the angle that a magnetic needle free to swing in a vertical plane makes with the horizontal

29. 29. n a momentary sinking down

30. 30. n the angle of slope of rock strata, fault planes, etc, from the horizontal plane

31. 31. n a creamy mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eaten

32. 32. n [surveying] the angular distance of the horizon below the plane of observation

33. 33. n a candle made by plunging a wick repeatedly into wax

34. 34. n a momentary loss of altitude when flying

35. 35. n (in gymnastics) a chinning exercise on the parallel bars

36. 36. n a slang word for pickpocket

37. 37. n See also dip into dip out

38. 38. n [Etymology] Old English dyppan; related to Old High German tupfen to wash, German taufen to baptize; see deep