dip

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”

dip into a liquid while eating

• “She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce”

go down momentarily

• “Prices dipped”

stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

switch (a car''s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

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”

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

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

a brief immersion

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”

a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

a brief swim in water

a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms