dip - Meaning in Konkani

dip - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of dip in English

dip noun

1. a brief swim in water
2. a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
3. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

   Examples

   • "a dip in prices"
   • "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"
   • "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"
   • "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
4. a brief immersion
5. tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
6. a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
7. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
8. a depression in an otherwise level surface

   Example

   • "there was a dip in the road"
9. a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

dip verb

1. take a small amount from

   Example

   • "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
2. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
3. lower briefly

   Example

   • "She dipped her knee"
4. appear to move downward

   Examples

   • "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
   • "The sun dipped below the horizon"
5. slope downwards

   Example

   • "Our property dips towards the river"
6. dip into a liquid

   Example

   • "He dipped into the pool"
7. place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
8. immerse in a disinfectant solution

   Example

   • "dip the sheep"
9. plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

   Example

   • "He dipped into his pocket"
10. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

    Examples

    • "dip the brush into the paint"
    • "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"
11. scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

    Example

    • "dip water out of a container"
12. dip into a liquid while eating

    Example

    • "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
13. go down momentarily

    Example

    • "Prices dipped"
14. stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

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