What is the meaning of dip?

noun

• A depression in an otherwise level surface.
  • usage: "there was a dip in the road"
• Physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
  • synonyms: angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination
• A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.
  • synonyms: pickpocket, cutpurse
• Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped.
• A brief immersion.
• A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: drop, fall, free fall
• A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow.
• A brief swim in water.
  • synonyms: plunge
• A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms.

verb

• Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
  • usage: "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
  • synonyms: dunk, souse, plunge, douse
• Dip into a liquid while eating.
  • usage: "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
  • synonyms: dunk
• Go down momentarily.
  • usage: "Prices dipped"
• Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid.
• Take a small amount from.
  • usage: "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
• Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.
  • synonyms: dim
• Lower briefly.
  • usage: "She dipped her knee"
• Appear to move downward.
  • usage: "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
  • synonyms: sink
• Slope downwards.
  • usage: "Our property dips towards the river"
• Dip into a liquid.
  • usage: "He dipped into the pool"
  • synonyms: douse, duck
• Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax.
• Immerse in a disinfectant solution.
  • usage: "dip the sheep"
• Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container.
  • usage: "He dipped into his pocket"
• Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface.
  • usage: "dip water out of a container"