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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dip |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪp |
Definition of dip
Origin :- Old English dyppan "immerse, baptize by immersion," from Proto-Germanic *duppjan (cf. Old Norse deypa "to dip," Danish døbe "to baptize," Old Frisian depa, Dutch dopen, German taufen, Gothic daupjan "to baptize"), related to Old English diepan "immerse, dip," and perhaps ultimately to deep. As a noun, from 1590s. Sense of "downward slope" is 1708. Meaning "sweet sauce for pudding, etc." first recorded 1825.
- noun submersion in liquid
- noun something for dunking
- noun depression; decline
- verb put into liquid
- verb lower, descend
- verb scoop, ladle
- I do but know that whether the broth be ready or no, I am about to dip this into it.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Do you see that dip in the ground there where the snow melts as fast as it drops?
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Again he painted a while before he asked, "Has she had her dip?"
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- Dip your cutlets into the beaten egg, and then into the bread crumbs.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Dip each fish into the egg, and then strew them with bread crumbs.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Dip your pudding cloth into it, shake it out, and dredge it with flour.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Dip your pudding-cloth into boiling water, and then dredge it with flour.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- As the whey rises, dip it off with a saucer or a skimming dish.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- You can look into their mouths where the shopkeeper used to dip out the wine.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- He sought no return fire, but lay in the dip, wary and patient.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
Synonyms for dip
- bail
- bale
- baptize
- basin
- bath
- bathe
- bend
- bucket
- concavity
- concoction
- decant
- decline
- declivity
- descent
- dilution
- disappear
- dish
- dive
- douche
- douse
- downslide
- downswing
- downtrend
- draft off
- draw
- draw out
- dredge
- drench
- drenching
- droop
- drop
- drop down
- duck
- ducking
- dunk
- fade
- fall
- fall-off
- go down
- handle
- hole
- hollow
- immerse
- immersion
- inclination
- incline
- infusion
- irrigate
- lade
- lave
- lift
- lower
- lowering
- mixture
- moisten
- nose-dive
- offer
- pitch
- plummet
- plunge
- preparation
- reach
- reach into
- recede
- rinse
- sag
- set
- settle
- sheer
- shovel
- sink
- sinkage
- sinkhole
- skew
- skid
- slant
- slip
- slop
- slope
- slosh
- slue
- slump
- soak
- soaking
- solution
- souse
- spiral
- splash
- spoon
- steep
- strain
- submerge
- submerse
- subside
- suffusion
- suspension
- swim
- swoop
- tilt
- tumble
- veer
- verge
- wash
- water
- wet
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