Overview of verb dip

The verb dip has 14 senses

• dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse -- (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")


• dunk, dip -- (dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce")


• dip -- (go down momentarily; "Prices dipped")


• dip -- (stain an object by immersing it in a liquid)


• dip -- (take a small amount from; "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present")


• dim, dip -- (switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam)


• dip -- (lower briefly; "She dipped her knee")


• dip, sink -- (appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line")


• dip -- (slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river")


• dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool")


• dip -- (place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax)


• dip -- (immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep")


• dip -- (plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket")


• dip -- (scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container")

Overview of adj dipped

The adj dipped has 1 sense

• dipped, lordotic, swayback, swaybacked -- (having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses))