to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
2.
to raise or take up by a bailing, scooping, or ladling action: to dip water out of a boat; to dip ice cream from a container.
3.
to lower and raise: to dip a flag in salutation.
4.
to immerse (a sheep, hog, etc.) in a solution to destroy germs, parasites, or the like.
5.
to make (a candle) by repeatedly plunging a wick into melted tallow or wax.
6.
Nautical. to lower and rehoist (a yard of a lugsail) when coming about in tacking.
7.
Archaic. to baptize by immersion.
8.
Obsolete. to moisten or wet as if by immersion.
–verb (used without object)
9.
to plunge into water or other liquid and emerge quickly: The boat dipped into the waves.
10.
to put the hand, a dipper, etc., down into a liquid or a container, esp. in order to remove something (often fol. by in or into): He dipped into the jar for an olive.
11.
to withdraw something, esp. in small amounts (usually fol. by in or into): to dip into savings.
12.
to sink or drop down: The sun dipped below the horizon.
13.
to incline or slope downward: At that point the road dips into a valley.
14.
to decrease slightly or temporarily: Stock-market prices often dip on Fridays.
15.
to engage slightly in a subject (often fol. by in or into): to dip into astronomy.
16.
to read here and there in a book, subject, or author's work (often fol. by in or into): to dip into Plato.
17.
South Midland and Southern U.S.to take snuff.
–noun
18.
the act of dipping.
19.
that which is taken up by dipping.
20.
a quantity taken up by dipping; the amount that a scoop, ladle, dipper, etc., will hold.
21.
a scoop of ice cream.
22.
Chiefly Northern U.S.a liquid or soft substance into which something is dipped.
23.
a creamy mixture of savory foods for scooping with potato chips, crackers, and the like, often served as an hors d'oeuvre, esp. with cocktails.
24.
a momentary lowering; a sinking down.
25.
a moderate or temporary decrease: a dip in stock-market prices.
26.
a downward extension, inclination, slope, or course.
27.
the amount of such extension.
28.
a hollow or depression in the land.
29.
a brief swim: She took a dip in the ocean and then sat on the beach for an hour.
30.
Geology,Mining. the downward inclination of a vein or stratum with reference to the horizontal.
31.
the angular amount by which the horizon lies below the level of the eye.
32.
Also called angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination.the angle that a freely rotating magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
33.
a short, downward plunge, as of an airplane.
34.
a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick into melted tallow or wax.
35.
Gymnastics. an exercise on the parallel bars in which the elbows are bent until the chin is on a level with the bars, and then the body is elevated by straightening the arms.
36.
Slang. a pickpocket.
—Idiom
37.
at the dip, Nautical. not fully raised; halfway up the halyard: an answering pennant flown at the dip. Compare close(def. 75b).
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME dippen (v.), OE dyppan; akin to G taufen to baptize, and to deep]
—Related forms
dip·pa·ble, adjective, noun
—Synonyms 1. duck. Dip,immerse,plunge refer to putting something into liquid. To dip is to put down into a liquid quickly or partially and lift out again: to dip a finger into water to test the temperature. Immerse denotes a lowering into a liquid until covered by it: to immerse meat in salt water. Plunge adds a suggestion of force or suddenness to the action of dipping: to plunge a chicken into boiling water before stripping off the feathers. 2. scoop. 9. dive.
To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
To color or dye by immersing: dip Easter eggs.
To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
To form (a candle) by repeatedly immersing a wick in melted wax or tallow.
To galvanize or plate (metal) by immersion.
To scoop up by plunging the hand or a receptacle below the surface, as of a liquid; ladle: dip water out of a bucket.
To lower and raise (a flag) in salute.
To lower or drop (something) suddenly: dipped my head to avoid the branch.
Slang To pick the pockets of.
v.
intr.
To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.
To plunge the hand or a receptacle into liquid or a container, especially so as to take something up or out: I dipped into my pocket for some coins.
To withdraw a small amount from a fund: We dipped into our savings.
To drop down or sink out of sight suddenly: The sun dipped below the horizon.
To drop suddenly before climbing. Used of an aircraft.
To slope downward; decline: The road dipped.
To decline slightly and usually temporarily: Sales dipped after Christmas.
Geology To lie at an angle to the horizontal plane, as a rock stratum or vein.
To read here and there at random; browse: dipping into Chaucer.
To investigate a subject superficially; dabble: dipped into psychology.
Slang To steal by picking pockets.
n.
A brief plunge or immersion, especially a quick swim.
A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing or disinfecting.
A savory creamy mixture into which crackers, raw vegetables, or other foods may be dipped.
An amount taken up by dipping.
A container for dipping.
A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.
A downward slope; a decline.
A sharp downward course; a drop: a dip in prices.
Geology The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.
Linguistics A part of a phrase or sentence that is unstressed or less strongly stressed relative to surrounding words, as the words I and to in I have to go.
Poetry The unstressed portion of a metrical foot.
Magnetic dip.
A hollow or depression.
Sports A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered by bending the elbows until the chin reaches the level of the bars and then is raised by straightening the arms.
Slang A pickpocket.
Slang A foolish or stupid person.
[Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to immerse briefly into a liquid: dipped her hand into the basin; doused his head in the shower; playmates ducking each other in the pool; dunked his cookies in milk.
O.E. dyppan "immerse, baptize by immersion," from P.Gmc. *dupjanan, related to diepan "immerse, dip." Sense of "downward slope" is 1708. Meaning "sweet sauce for pudding, etc." first recorded 1825. Dipper, the popular U.S. name for the asterism known in Britain as The Plough or Charles' Wain, is attested from 1842.
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
3.
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places [syn: pickpocket]
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]
7.
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
8.
a brief swim in water
9.
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
verb
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]
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.
take a small amount from; "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
6.
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [syn: dim]
7.
lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
8.
appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
9.
slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
10.
dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
11.
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
12.
immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
13.
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket"
14.
scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
Main Entry: 2dip Function: noun 1: a liquid preparation of an insecticide or parasiticide which is applied to animals by immersing them in it
—see SHEEP-DIP 2: a vat or tank in which dip is used
Main Entry: 1dip Pronunciation: 'dip Function: transitive verb Inflected Forms: dipped; dip·ping : to immerse (as a sheep
or hog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution
Financing arranged by a company while under the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. DIP financing is unique from other financing methods
in that it usually has priority over existing debt, equity and other claims.
Investopedia Commentary
Chapter 11 gives the debtor a fresh start, which is, however,
subject to the debtor's fulfillment of its obligations under its plan of reorganization.
A small, short decline in a variable such as the price of a security or interest rates. A broker may advise a customer to accumulate a particular stock on dips. When the security
begins declining in price, it is difficult to know if the decline is just a dip or if it is the initial step in a more substantial price reduction.
Deep\ (d[=e]p), a. [Compar. Deeper; superl. Deepest.] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de['o]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[=u]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See Dip, Dive.]1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. The water where the brook is deep. --Shak. 2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. --Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. --Shak. 3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. 4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. Speculations high or deep. --Milton. A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De Quincey. O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps. xcii. 5. 5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. --Shak. 6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. "Deep despair." --Milton. "Deep silence." --Milton. "Deep sleep." --Gen. ii. 21. "Deeper darkness." -->Hoole. "Their deep poverty." --2 Cor. viii. 2. An attitude of deep respect. --Motley. 7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. 8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. "The deep thunder." --Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. --Milton. 9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon. A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.
De*pres"sion\, n. [L. depressio: cf. F. d['e]pression.]1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions. 4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride. 5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. In a great depression of spirit. --Baker. 6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness. 7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. 8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations. 9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8. Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degrees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip. Syn: Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.
Dib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dibbling.] [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in. See Dip.] To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. --Walton.
Dim"ple\, n. [Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See Dip, and cf. Dimble.]1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. --Milton. The dimple of her chin. --Prior. 2. A slight indentation on any surface. The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. --Wordsworth.
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.
Dip\, v. i. 1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. --Coleridge. 2. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part. Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. --L'Estrange. 3. To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into. When I dipt into the future. --Tennyson. 4. To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into. "Dipped into a multitude of books." --Macaulay. 5. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip. 6. To dip snuff. [Southern U.S.]
Dip\, n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. "The dip of oars in unison." --Glover. 2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat. Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. Dip of the needle, or Magnetic dip, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also inclination. Dip of a stratum (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the pitch.
Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dived, colloq. Dove, a relic of the AS. strong forms de['a]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. Diving.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d?fan to sink, v. t., fr. d?fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d?fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. Dip.]1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. --Whately. Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. --Dr. Hayes. When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. --J. Burroughs. 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. --South.
In`clin*na"tion\, n. [L. inclinatio: cf. F. inclination.]1. The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head. 2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed. 3. A tendency towards another body or point. 4. (Geom.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23[deg] 28'; the inclination of two rays of light. 5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love. A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. --South. How dost thou find the inclination of the people? --Shak. 6. A person or thing loved or admired. --Sir W. Temple. 7. (Pharm.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring. Inclination compass, an inclinometer. Inclination of an orbit (Astron.), the angle which the orbit makes the ecliptic. Inclination of the needle. See Dip of the needle, under Dip. Syn: Bent; tendency; proneness; bias; proclivity; propensity; prepossession; predilection; attachment; desire; affection; love. See Bent, and cf. Disposition.
Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L. magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.]1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle. 2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian. 3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals. 4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment. She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne. 5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism. Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc. See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc. Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with great power. Magnetic compensator, a contrivance connected with a ship's compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the iron of the ship upon the needle. Magnetic curves, curves indicating lines of magnetic force, as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of a powerful magnet. Magnetic elements. (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic. (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination, inclination, and intensity. (c) See under Element. Magnetic equator, the line around the equatorial parts of the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal. Magnetic field, or Field of magnetic force, any space through which magnet exerts its influence. Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of magnetism. Magnetic iron, or Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as Magnetite. Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the surveyor's. Magnetic poles, the two points in the opposite polar regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping needle is vertical. Magnetic pyrites. See Pyrrhotite. Magnetic storm (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes. Magnetic telegraph, a telegraph acting by means of a magnet. See Telegraph.
Dip\, n. 1. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms. 2. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip (the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings of subsequent years). 3. (A["e]ronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
Dope\ (d[=o]p), n. [D. doop a dipping, fr. doopen to dip. Cf. Dip.]1. Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc. 2. Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant] 3. An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps. 4. Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. [Sporting Slang]
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