dip

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again.

   She dipped the bread into the soup.

2. 2
   verb

   To go down or become lower.

   The sun dipped below the horizon as evening came.

3. 3
   verb

   To put your hand or a container into something to take a little out.

   I had to dip into my savings to pay the bills.

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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