DIP


Meaning of DIP in English

I. verb

1.

to plunge or thrust momentarily or partially under the surface of a liquid

dip a dress in cleansing fluid

Synonyms: douse, duck, dunk, immerse, souse, submerge, submerse

Related Word: pitch, plunge

2.

to lift a portion of by reaching below the surface with something shaped to hold liquid

dip drinking water from a spring

Synonyms: bail, lade, ladle, scoop

Related Word: dish, spoon; bucket (up or out), draw

|| 3.

Synonyms: pawn , hock, impignorate, mortgage, pledge, ||pop, ||spout

4.

Synonyms: duck 2, stoop

5.

Synonyms: plummet , drop, fall, nose-dive, plunge, skid, tumble

6.

Synonyms: set 12, decline, go down, sink

7.

Synonyms: swerve 1, sheer, skew, slue, train off, veer

II. noun

1.

Synonyms: descent 4, decline, declivity, drop, fall

2.

Synonyms: decline 3, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, falloff, sag, slip, slump

3.

Synonyms: depression 2, basin, concavity, hollow, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole

|| 4.

Synonyms: pickpocket , ||cannon, cutpurse, ||diver, purse cutter, ||wire

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус.