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