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Verb dip has 12 senses
- dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse - 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"
--1 is one way to immerse, plunge
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- dunk, dip - dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
--2 is one way to eat
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Somebody ----s something PP
- dip - go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
--3 is one way to decline, go down, wane
Sample sentence:
The stock market is going to dip
- dip - stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
--4 is one way to stain
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Somebody ----s something
- dim, dip - switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
--5 is one way to change intensity
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Somebody ----s something
- dip - lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
--6 is one way to lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
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Somebody ----s something
- dip, sink - appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
--7 is one way to decline
Sample sentence:
The moon will soon dip
- dip - slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
--8 is one way to slope, incline, pitch
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- dip, douse, duck - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
--9 is one way to dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- dip - of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
--10 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
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Somebody ----s something
- dip - immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
--11 is one way to immerse, plunge
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Somebody ----s something
- dip - scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
--12 is one way to scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
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Somebody ----s something
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