dip
verb/dɪp/
/dɪp/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dip | /dɪp/ /dɪp/ |
| he / she / it dips | /dɪps/ /dɪps/ |
| past simple dipped | /dɪpt/ /dɪpt/ |
| past participle dipped | /dɪpt/ /dɪpt/ |
| -ing form dipping | /ˈdɪpɪŋ/ /ˈdɪpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again
- dip something (into something) He dipped the brush into the paint.
- dip something (in) Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.
- The fruit had been dipped in chocolate.
Extra Examples- He dipped his finger in the water
- Quickly dip the tomatoes in boiling water.
- She dipped the brush lightly in the varnish.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- lightly
- quickly
- in
- into
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- [intransitive, transitive] to go downwards or to a lower level; to make something do this synonym fall
- (+ adv./prep.) The sun dipped below the horizon.
- Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.
- The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town.
- dip something (+ adv./prep.) The plane dipped its wings.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- He dipped his head as he went through the doorway.
- His head dipped towards her.
- Support dipped sharply to 51 per cent.
- The road dipped steeply down into the town.
- The sun was slowly dipping out of sight.
- hills which dip gently to the east
- when unemployment dips below a certain point
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slightly
- sharply
- below
- [transitive] dip something (British English) if you dip your headlights when driving a car at night, you make the light from them point down so that other drivers do not have the light in their eyesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
- [transitive] dip something when farmers dip animals, especially sheep, they put them in a bath of a liquid containing chemicals in order to kill insects, etc.Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
- lightly
- quickly
- in
- into
Word OriginOld English dyppan, of Germanic origin; related to deep.
Idioms
See dip in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydip into your pocket
- (informal) to spend some of your own money on something
- She was forced to dip into her own pocket to pay for the repairs.
dip a toe in/into something | dip a toe in/into the water
- (informal) to start doing something very carefully to see if it will be successful or not
- We decided to dip a toe in the computer games market.
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