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dip English

Meaning dip meaning

What does dip mean?
Definitions in simple English

dip Verb

— To dip is an act when something is placed into a liquid. I slowly dipped the towel into the bowl of water.

dip

— verb 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 — verb go down momentarily Prices dipped — verb stain an object by immersing it in a liquid — verb (= dunk) dip into a liquid while eating She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce — verb scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface dip water out of a container — verb plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container He dipped into his pocket — verb immerse in a disinfectant solution dip the sheep — verb place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax — verb slope downwards Our property dips towards the river — verb dip into a liquid He dipped into the pool — verb (= sink) appear to move downward The sun dipped below the horizon The setting sun sank below the tree line — verb lower briefly She dipped her knee — verb take a small amount from I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present — noun a depression in an otherwise level surface there was a dip in the road — noun (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon — noun tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped — noun a brief immersion — noun a brief swim in water — noun a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms — noun a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow — noun (= drop, fall, free fall) 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 — verb (= dim) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam — noun (= pickpocket) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

Synonyms dip synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as dip?

dip English » English

soak immerse dunk plunge dive sink douse souse slope fall duck submerge sag ladle drop wet steep scoop pickpocket inclination drench dim depression decrease decline slant set put in water magnetic inclination magnetic dip lean immersion hollow drown droop draw descent cutpurse angle of dip tilt submerse splash soak up sluice list lade infuse incline imprint free fall

DIP English » English

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Topics dip topics

What do people use dip to talk about?
Universe, creation World Land

Plain, plateau
Universe, creation World Land

Underground
Universe, creation Water

Be in water
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Put in

  • What words refer to putting something into liquid for a short time?
    dip dunk
States Quality Shape Horizontal

Leaning, sloping
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Take something out of something

Conjugation dip conjugation

How do you conjugate dip?

dip · verb

Examples dip examples

How do I use dip in a sentence?

Simple sentences

If we have money problems we can always dip into our savings.
We had to dip into our savings in order to pay the unexpected medical expenses.
She loves to dip donuts into tea.
Dip into it and the piranhas will eat you.
Guacamole is a dip made from avocados.

Movie subtitles

Oh. - And. dip.
And dip.
And another dip.
I recommend you dip your clutch.
A morning dip.
The bellhops taking their morning dip.
A dip and sock, into your mouth.
Dip the apple in the brew. Let the Sleeping Death seep through!
Let's dip into this instead, huh?
Mom, may I dip my bread in it?
How about a dip in the lake before breakfast?
You should've come in for a dip.
I bought an unction of a mountebank so mortal that, but dip a knife in it, where it draws blood no medicine so rare can save the thing from death that is but scratched withal.
If I don't sell sheep dip for sale, I'm welcome.
Dip that pretty little beak.
Don't be disgusting. - May I dip my bread in it?
And we would first dip the bread in Schnapps!
A dip.
One of my pupils is about to dip a body into a bath of wax.
You oughta take a dip in the falls yourself.
Why don't you invite me for a dip?
Taking a dip!
There were other boats going out to sea.. and the old man heard the dip and push of their oars.
I will dip one in ordinary water.
Now, observe. I dip the other in our new grade.. of sparkling..
A dip. and sock!
If you dip into the firm's money, at Ieast be able to repay it.
Hey, Dip.
Hey, guys, let's grab a dip.
I'm going in for a dip.
May I dip my bread in it?

News and current affairs

A Double-Dip Recession for the US?
Most pundits dismiss the possibility of a double-dip recession.
One day, the country is on the brink of a double-dip recession; the next, it is on the verge of a turbo-charged recovery, powered by resilient consumers and US multinationals starting to deploy, at long last, their massive cash reserves.
So the end of this severe global recession will be closer at the end of this year than it is now, the recovery will be anemic rather than robust in advanced economies, and there is a rising risk of a double-dip recession.
The likely scenario for advanced economies is a mediocre U-shaped recovery, even if we avoid a W-shaped double dip.
The United Kingdom, like the eurozone, has already endured a double-dip recession, and now even strong commodity exporters - Canada, the Nordic countries, and Australia - are slowing in the face of headwinds from the US, Europe, and China.
Last year, the eurozone was on the verge of a double-dip recession.
Getting the exit strategy right is crucial: serious policy mistakes would significantly heighten the threat of a double-dip recession.
NEW YORK - The massive volatility and sharp equity-price correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession.
A double round of stimulus packages is needed to counteract the real prospect of a double-dip recession.
Rising inequality may also have increased vulnerability to crisis: with fewer people able to dip into savings during bad times, the impact on growth is even larger.
Asians need not be pessimistic; the perfect storm of a hard landing in China, a double-dip recession in the United States, and a collapse of the eurozone is unlikely.
Data from the US, the United Kingdom, the periphery of the eurozone, Japan, and even emerging-market economies is signaling that part of the global economy - especially advanced economies - may be stalling, if not dropping into a double-dip recession.
If that happens, the risk of stall speed or an outright double-dip recession would rise sharply in many advanced economies.
If that were to happen quickly, total spending could decline, pushing the economy into a double-dip recession.
There are also now two reasons to fear a double-dip recession.
And the rapid reductions in budget deficits that European governments are now pledged to undertake can only increase the likelihood of a full double-dip recession.
Coupled with fears of a double-dip recession in the United States, the European debt crisis is dragging the global economy into another cycle of financial panic and economic recession.
With the global economy still struggling to recover, Wen's announcement of such a significant dip in China's growth rate naturally sparked widespread concern around the world.
Avoiding double dip recession will be difficult.
The increase in some asset prices may, moreover, lead to a W-shaped double-dip recession.
Instead, the government could well end up with no plan B in case plan A - massively front-loaded austerity - leads to a double-dip recession.
In general, deleveraging by households, governments, and financial institutions should be gradual - and supported by currency weakening - if we are to avoid a double-dip recession and a worsening of deflation.
Many of them have jobs that require them to dip into credit lines just to stay afloat.
After a dip in the number of incidents during late 2007 and 2008, violence once again increased in 2009.
That will lead to double-dip recession, even larger fiscal deficits, and runaway debt.
Indeed, after an initial dip, the dollar started to strengthen again, later reinforced by the return of euro risk.
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