verb Download 🔗Share To lower into a liquid. Examples : "Dip your biscuit into your tea." action food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. Examples : "The child dipped her toes in the pool to test the water before jumping in. " action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly. Examples : "The company's stock price dipped slightly after the CEO's announcement. " amount economy business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To lower a light's beam. Examples : "Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car." vehicle action technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To 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. Examples : "“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”" nautical military sailing nation government tradition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution. Examples : "The farmer is going to dip the cattle today." animal agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine. Examples : "Before our road trip, Dad dipped the dipstick to check the car's oil level. " vehicle machine technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To 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. Examples : "After a long day of work on the farm, Grandpa dipped a pinch of snuff to relax. " substance body action human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To immerse for baptism. Examples : "The priest dipped the baby in the holy water to baptize her. " religion ritual Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. Examples : "She dipped her paintbrush in the water to clean it. " action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. Examples : "After graduating, Maria dipped into the world of freelance writing, working on various projects to gain experience. " action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out. Examples : "to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water" utensil action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part. Examples : "She dipped the ladle into the soup to serve herself a bowl. " action utensil food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. Examples : "The struggling farmer dipped into his savings account, essentially mortgaging his future security, to buy new seed. " property finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body. Examples : "The little girl dipped her head in a polite curtsey as she met the queen. " culture action style royal tradition society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To incline downward from the plane of the horizon. Examples : "Strata of rock dip." direction nature position Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped) Examples : "The groom dipped his bride low during their first dance. " dance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music. Examples : "The dancers dipped low to the ground in time with the music. " body music dance action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To leave. Examples : "He dipped out of the room so fast." action language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To miss out on seeing a sought after bird. Examples : ""I went birdwatching yesterday, but I dipped on the rare cardinal everyone wanted to see." " bird sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share That has been briefly immersed in a liquid. Examples : "The chocolate-dipped strawberry was my favorite part of the dessert platter. " food utensil action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of headlights: lowered. Examples : "The car approached, its dipped headlights illuminating the road just in front of it, so as not to blind oncoming drivers. " vehicle technical machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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