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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 ]


  Dipping \Dip"ping\, n.
     1. The act or process of immersing.
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     2. The act of inclining downward.
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     3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper,
        ladle, or the like.
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     4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or
        metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
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     5. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums
        with a stick or brush dipped in snuff. [U.S.]
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     Dipping needle, a magnetic needle suspended at its center
        of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as
        to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or
        inclination.
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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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dipping \Dip"ping\, n.
     1. The act or process of immersing.
  
     2. The act of inclining downward.
  
     3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper,
        ladle, or the like.
  
     4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or
        metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
  
     5. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums
        with a stick or brush dipped in snuff. [U.S.]
  
     Dipping needle, a magnetic needle suspended at its center
        of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as
        to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or
        inclination.

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 ]


  dipping
       See dip

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dipping
     n.
     An act or process of immersing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  dipping
     n.
     An act or process of immersing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  dipping
     n.
     An act or process of immersing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  dipping
     n.
     An act or process of immersing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dip nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dipping
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm d ip ping)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dipping
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en dip ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb dip)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Dipping /dˈɪpɪŋ/
  الغمس

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  dipping /dˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  namáčení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  dipping /dˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  ponořování