to dip
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2.7
- verb
- /dɪp/
:
bajar
- The path dips downward steeply before it levels out again.
The plane wasn't dipping, the level was flat.
- The plane wasn't dipping, the level was flat.
- We saw Christian Fulton stick and and dip underneath and make a play.
- No bro just dip your back for one second and get out.
Examples
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As the sun begins to dip below the horizon, the sky turns a beautiful shade of orange.
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Beyond that long flat stretch, the ground dips toward a wide shallow creek.
Academic text (2010) -
Now, dip your shoulder, keep your head up and run through me!
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We need to go as soon as the sun dips down.
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You'll have to dip your left wing.
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We see her dip her shoulders into the whitewash.
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Tonight's temperatures will dip below 28 degrees!
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But the man smiled and dipped his head at me.
Academic text (2002) -
Margaret brought the bucket of water to the women, who dipped cloths into it and began to wash Lily.
Fiction book (1991) -
Halfway through, Grandpa's rod tip dipped, and he had a fish hooked.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Move or drop down from a higher to a lower place
802
1.0
Make something go down in position, amount, or strength
321
1.9
To become less in amount, size, or value
221
2.8
To become lower, for example temperature or prices
150
2.7
Move from a higher to a lower place
34
1.8
To fall from a higher place to a lower place
25
3.7
To lean or tilt in one direction
3
3.4
To slope downward toward a lower level
1
4.4
To bend your head or upper body as a sign of respect
Antonyms
Idioms
A humorous way to say you find a woman extremely attractive
To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
1
5.2
A cold creamy mixture of chopped clams and cream cheese eaten with crackers or chips
- Specialized
1
6.3
A small group of tiny manual controls on electronic devices that set options
How Low
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dip meaning to move or slope downward comes from the old sense 'to sink a little'. So to say a road 'dips' is to say it goes down a short way.