dip
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
Noun 4 meanings
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
“There is a dip in the road ahead.”
Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
Verb 4 meanings
To lower into a liquid.
“Dip your biscuit into your tea.”
To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
(of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
To lower a light's beam.
“Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.”
Etymology
From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.
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DIP at a glance
DIP has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + P 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,459 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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