dip

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At their feet lay a "dip," or hollow, a dozen acres in extent, and in the center of this dip was a tiny lake partly surrounded by a mixed forest of cedar, balsam and birch that swept back over the hill, and partly inclosed by a meadow-like opening.

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  1. transitive verb To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
  2. transitive verb To color or dye by immersing: dip Easter eggs.
  3. transitive verb To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
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  • I believe the active ingredient of the dip was a preparation of arsenic, and upon one occasion I lost several sheep after the dipping, presumably from arsenical poisoning absorbed through the skin. —  Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
  • They built one a little way up the shore—the soldiers and the varlet had to take turns going well away for their dip, and stand at a distance with their backs turned while Rudi and the others came up out of the water to warm themselves near the fire. —  Map.html
  • The stock market maintained record highs until the third week of March; by March 29, profit taking had brought the Sigma-20 down 12. 5\% to close at 2361.99. (see Cover Story, page 64), although brokers suggested the dip was a correction, not signs that the CASE was headed for a tangle with the bears.
  • On the other side of the dip was the tennis courts, so I was right, they were dry. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Over the years, even money invested in a down market has grown, and in fact, many professionals believe a dip is a good time to be buying stocks. —  News Channel 9: Local News
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splash ·  plunge ·  roll ·  twist ·  swing ·  drop ·  bend ·  wash ·  jump ·  slice ·  sweep ·  rub

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dip:   dips ·  dipped ·  dipping
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also dippe, dyppe (also dial. dib: see dib); from Middle English dippen, dyppen, from Anglo-Saxon dyppan, dippan (preterit dypte, past participle dypped) (= Danish dyppe), dip, plunge, immerse, a secondary form, orig. *dupian (equivalent to Old Northumbrian dēpan, baptize, = Old Saxon dōpian = Dutch doopen = Low German döpen = Old High German toufen, Middle High German toufen, German taufen = Swedish döpa = Danish döbe = Gothic (Moesogothic) daupjan, all in sense of ‘baptize,’ the orig. and literally sense ‘dip’ being found only in Old High German, Middle High German, and Gothic (Moesogothic)), a causative verb, from deóp, Gothic (Moesogothic) diups, etc., deep: see deep. Related words are dop, dopper, dap, dab, etc., and perhaps dimple.
  2. from dip, v.
 

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