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1.nounA lower section of a road or geological feature."There is a dip in the road ahead."
2.nounInclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
3.nounThe action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
4.nounA tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
5.nounA dip stick.
6.nounA swim, usually a short swim to refresh."I'm going for a dip before breakfast."
7.nounA pickpocket.
8.nounA sauce for dipping."This onion dip is just scrumptious."
9.nounThe angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
10.nounA dipped candle.
11.nounA move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
12.nounA gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
13.nounIn the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
14.nounA sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
15.nounThe moist form of snuff tobacco.
16.nounThe act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
17.verbTo lower into a liquid."Dip your biscuit into your tea."
18.verbTo immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
19.verb(of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
20.verbTo lower a light's beam."Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car."
21.verbTo lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees."“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”"
22.verbTo treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution."The farmer is going to dip the cattle today."
23.verbTo use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
24.verbTo consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
25.verbTo immerse for baptism.
26.verbTo wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
27.verbTo plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
28.verbTo take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out."to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water"
29.verbTo perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
30.verbTo engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
31.verbTo perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
32.verbTo incline downward from the plane of the horizon."Strata of rock dip."
33.verbTo perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
34.verbTo lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
35.verbTo leave."He dipped out of the room so fast."
36.verbTo miss out on seeing a sought after bird.