Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dip

14 senses of dip

Sense 1
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")
       => immerse, plunge -- (thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water")

Sense 2
dunk, dip -- (dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce")
       => eat -- (take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?")

Sense 3
dip -- (go down momentarily; "Prices dipped")
       => decline, go down, wane -- (grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned")

Sense 4
dip -- (stain an object by immersing it in a liquid)
       => stain -- (color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages")

Sense 5
dip -- (take a small amount from; "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present")
       => withdraw, draw, take out, draw off -- (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank")

Sense 6
dim, dip -- (switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam)
       => change intensity -- (increase or decrease in intensity)

Sense 7
dip -- (lower briefly; "She dipped her knee")
       => lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down -- (move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf")

Sense 8
dip, sink -- (appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line")
       => decline -- (go down; "The roof declines here")

Sense 9
dip -- (slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river")
       => slope, incline, pitch -- (be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down")

Sense 10
dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool")
       => 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")

Sense 11
dip -- (place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax)
       => create from raw material, create from raw stuff -- (make from scratch)

Sense 12
dip -- (immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep")
       => immerse, plunge -- (thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water")

Sense 13
dip -- (plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket")
       => immerse, plunge -- (thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water")

Sense 14
dip -- (scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container")
       => scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up -- (take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container")

Antonyms of adj dipped

1 sense of dipped

Sense 1
dipped, lordotic, swayback, swaybacked -- (having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses))

INDIRECT (VIA unfit) -> fit -- (physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise")

Similarity of adj dipped

1 sense of dipped

Sense 1
dipped, lordotic, swayback, swaybacked -- (having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses))
       => unfit (vs. fit) -- (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service")