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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dippedor Dipt (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Dipping.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to
Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d?pan to baptize, OS.
d?pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d["o]pa, Goth. daupjan,
Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl? hollow, and to E.
dive. Cf. Deep, Dive.]
1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into
a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
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The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev.
iv. 6.
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[Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny
deep. --Pope.
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While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson.
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2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of
Common Prayer. Fuller.
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3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic]
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A cold shuddering dew
Dips me all o'er. --Milton.
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4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
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He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
--Dryden.
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5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other
receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often
with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out
water.
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6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.]
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Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden.
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Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick
in melted tallow.
To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and
teeth. [Southern U. S.]
To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return
them to place; -- a form of naval salute.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
dipped \dipped\ adj.
having an abnormal sagging of the spine, especially in
horses.
Syn: sway-backed.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dippedor Dipt (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Dipping.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to
Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d?pan to baptize, OS.
d?pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d["o]pa, Goth. daupjan,
Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl? hollow, and to E.
dive. Cf. Deep, Dive.]
1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into
a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev.
iv. 6.
[Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny
deep. --Pope.
While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson.
2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of
Common Prayer. Fuller.
3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic]
A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. --Milton.
4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
--Dryden.
5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other
receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often
with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out
water.
6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.]
Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden.
Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick
in melted tallow.
To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and
teeth. [Southern U. S.]
To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return
them to place; -- a form of naval salute.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
dip
n 1: a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip
in the road"
2: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the
plane of the horizon [syn: angle of dip, magnetic dip,
magnetic inclination, inclination]
3: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in
public places [syn: pickpocket, cutpurse]
4: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are
dipped
5: a brief immersion
6: 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" [syn: drop, fall, free fall]
7: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax
or tallow
8: a brief swim in water [syn: plunge]
9: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body
is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the
arms
v 1: 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" [syn: dunk, souse, plunge,
douse]
2: dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of
bread in the sauce" [syn: dunk]
3: go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
4: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
5: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
[syn: dim]
6: lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
7: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon";
"The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: sink]
8: slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
9: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: douse,
duck]
10: of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
11: immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
12: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the
surface; "dip water out of a container"
[also: dipping, dipped]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
dipped
adj : having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
[syn: lordotic, swayback, swaybacked]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
dipped
See dip
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dipped
a.
1 That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
2 Of headlights: lowered.
3 (lb en archaic colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
vb.
(infl of en dip ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
dipped
a.
1 That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
2 Of headlights: lowered.
3 (lb en archaic colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
vb.
(infl of en dip ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
dipped
a.
1 That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
2 Of headlights: lowered.
3 (lb en archaic colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
vb.
(infl of en dip ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
dipped
a.
1 That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
2 Of headlights: lowered.
3 (lb en archaic colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
vb.
(infl of en dip ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dipped
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm d ip ped)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dipped
Engelska a.
(avledning en dip ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb dip)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Dipped /dˈɪpt/ منخفضFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
dipped /dˈɪpt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]ponořený
dipped /dˈɪpt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]namočený
dipped /dˈɪpt/
abgefallen
Synonym: sloped downwards
see: slope downwards, dip, sloping downwards, dipping
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]dipped /dˈɪpt/ badgummiertFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][textil.]
dipped /dˈɪpt/
nach unten geneigt, nach vorne abgesenkt
"The plane dipped its wings." - Das Flugzeug senkte seine Flügel ab.
Synonyms: moved downward, lowered downward
see: move sth. downward, lower sth. downward, dip sth., moving downward, lowering downward, dipping, He lowered his head downward.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
dipped /dˈɪpt/
zurückgegangen, gefallen, gesunken
"The popularity of ergometer workouts has dipped." - Die Popularität des Ergometertrainings ist zurückgegangen.
see: dip, dipping
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]dipped /dˈɪpt/ tompított fényFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈdɪpt/