Word Finder - dip

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A lower section of a road or geological feature.

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There is a dip in the road ahead.

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Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

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The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.

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A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.

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A dip stick.

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A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

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I'm going for a dip before breakfast.

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A pickpocket.

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A sauce for dipping.

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This onion dip is just scrumptious.

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The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.

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A dipped candle.

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A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader

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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.

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In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.

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A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.

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The moist form of snuff tobacco.

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The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.

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To lower into a liquid.

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Dip your biscuit into your tea.

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To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

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(of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.

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To lower a light's beam.

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Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.

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To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

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“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”

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To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.

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The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.

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To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.

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To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.

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To immerse for baptism.

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To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

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To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

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To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.

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to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water

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To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.

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To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.

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To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.

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To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.

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Strata of rock dip.

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To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)

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To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.

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To leave.

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He dipped out of the room so fast.

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To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.

You can dip anything in this, she said.

Cynthia gripped her husband's hand in a circulation-stopping grip as a deep dip bounced them to the ground.

He got loaded and went for a dip, pure and simple.

This schist is much contorted, but seems to have a general dip to the south or south-east.

The beds dip gently towards the east.

Creak, and has been found to give satisfactory results on board ship. The circle is provided with two needles in addition to those used for determining the dip, one (a) an ordinary dip needle, and the other (b) a needle which has been loaded at one end by means of a small peg which fits into one of two symmetrically placed holes in the needle.

The man paused, leaning against a post, and confirmed in a somewhat slurred voice that indeed he was about to take a dip.

So you think he got tanked and took a midnight dip?

The current can be passed into and out of the movable coil by permitting the ends of the coil to dip into two mercury cups.

For the instruments and methods used in measuring the dip see Inclinometer.

There is, however, a slight dip towards the west, so that the newest deposits lie near the coast.

Another supposed variety, in which two scaleswere balanced in such a manner that the weight of the liquid cast into either scale caused it to dip down and touch the top of an image placed under each, probably had no real existence, but is due to a confusion of the 7rXavrc-y with a scale-pan by reason of its shape.

If they attack our center we, having the center battery on this high ground, shall withdraw the left flank under its cover, and retreat to the dip by echelons.

Most listeners first became away of Christina Milian when her hit single "Dip It Low" became a staple in dance clubs around the U.S. in 2004.

She rose and stumbled forward again, cursed as she ran into a larger boulder, then lost her balance and rolled down a sudden dip.

The outer ranges in Alberta have usually the form of tilted blocks with a steep cliff towards the north-east and a gentler slope, corresponding to the dip of the beds, towards the south-west.

The Dip of the horizon at sea is the angular depression of the apparent sea horizon, or circle bounding the visible ocean, below the apparent celestial horizon as above defined.

The needle b is then substituted for a, there being now no needle in the clamp attached to the microscope arm, and the difference between the reading now obtained and the dip, together with the weight added to the needle, gives the product of the moment of the needle b into the earth's total force.

Beneath this Chul formation the older beds of the outer and Turkestan ranges dip and pass to an irregular outcrop near the banks of the Oxus.

Another way of applying cold is to dip an ordinary sheet into cold water, apply it for three or four minutes to the surface of the body, then remove it and replace it by another sheet while the first one is being dipped in water.

On the eastern side the slope is so abrupt as to make ascent difficult and at places impossible, but the western slope, on account of a dip of the rock to the N.W., is more gradual.

The general trend of the outcrops of the various formations is from south-west to north-east; the dip is south-easterly.

The Secondary strata show generally a very slight dip westwards and are consequently almost horizontal.

Under the secretary of state for the interior the civil administration in each province is headed by a governor, who repreSelitS the central power in the provincial council (dip utacion provincial) which is also elected by universal suffrage.

The Loup system is remarkable for the even dip of its parallel feeders, which once joined the Platte separately, until the latter banked up its deposits across the mouths of their more sluggish currents.

Dip each sponge finger into the coffee mixture and use to line the base of a 1.2 liter shallow serving dish.

Dip in 4x4 sales for 2006 Sales of 4x4 off-road vehicles have dipped for the first time, new figures have shown.

Then allow them to cool, and when cold dip into egg, then into bread crumbs, and fry in boiling lard.

The elements which are actually measured when determining the value of the earth's field are usually the declination, the dip and the horizontal component (see Terrestrial magnetism).

Next, take a fine brush, dip it into the dark brown eye shadow or even black shadow and blend the line creating a soft, smudgy effect.

For stiffened suspension bridges with wire cables, if the dip is 310th of the span the limiting span is 2700 to 3600 ft., and if the dip is *th of the span, 3250 to 4250 ft., according to the factor of safety allowed.

On the south side of a well-marked anticline in the Upper Old Red Sandstone at North Sannox, the Carboniferous strata reappear on the coast with a south dip showing a similar ascending sequence for about half a mile.

They have been lowered to this level by a monoclinal fold, which has brought down the Mesozoic rocks, so that they extend eastward to the coast, where they dip beneath the sea.

To the west and south the Coal Measures dip gently under the New Red Sandstone, to reappear at several points through the Triassic plain.

The formation is probably more or less permeable throughout; it consists largely of loose sand and takes the general south-easterly dip of British strata.

At this time unshorn lambs are dipped and dosed with one of Cooper's tablets of sulphur-arsenic dip material to destroy internal parasites.

The strata must once have risen above the present surface, and in many cases may be found descending to the surface again with a contrary dip, the intervening portion of the undulation having been worn away.

Where they dip away from the axis of movement the structure is termed an anticline or anticlinal fold; where they dip towards the axis, it is a syncline or synclinal fold.

The crest-line of an anticline or trough-line of a syncline is rarely horizontal for any great distance; its departure from horizontality is designated the "pitch," and the fold is said to pitch (or dip) towards the north, &c. Most simple folds - with the exception of very shallow curvatures of wide area, - when considered in their entirety, are seen to be somewhat canoe-shaped in form.

The dip in cases of this kind has been described as "qua-qua versal" or "periclinal."

The edges of the lid dip into an external water seal or lute G, whereby the gas is prevented from escaping.

Throughout, the dip is very low and the beds are unaffected by the Carpathian folds, the strike being nearly from north to south.

West of Cracow the Cretaceous beds are underlaid by Jurassic and Triassic deposits, the general dip being eastward.

The Dip teridinae are represented also by species from Mesozoic rocks of Persia (Map B, D 2), Greenland (Map B, D 3), North America (D 4), South America (D 5) and China (D6).

Her father's dip into insanity had almost destroyed Tiyan.

He could dip into soul, disco and country, as well as classic pop balladry and even progressive rock.

The first pair nearly crippled me, the sole has a dip across the ball of the foot.

It will dip, and then dive under water to catch crustaceans.

Enjoy a refreshing dip in the inviting swimming pool or simply relax with a cool drink at the poolside bar.

They make a good " lucky dip " or " pass the parcel " prize.