dip
A lower section of a road or geological featureA lower section of a road or geological feature.
» Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
Warst du schon mal nacktbaden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Wart ihr schon mal nacktbaden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Waren Sie schon mal nacktbaden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Вы когда-нибудь ходили купаться нагишом? — marafon
Ты когда-нибудь ходил купаться нагишом? — marafon
Ты когда-нибудь ходила купаться нагишом? — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
21 senses(countable, uncountable)A lower section of a road or geological feature.
There is a dip in the road ahead.
Senke, Absenkung
углубле́ниеuglublénije, впа́динаvpádina
(countable, uncountable)Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
(countable, uncountable)The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
(countable, uncountable)A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
(countable, uncountable)A dip stick.
Ölmessstab, Eichmaß, Messstab
щупščup
(countable, uncountable)A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
I’m going for a dip before breakfast.
Tauchen, Schwimmen, Baden
a brief swim in water
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A pickpocket.
(countable, uncountable)A sauce for dipping.
This onion dip is just scrumptious.
Eintauchen, Eintunken, Einstippen
(countable, uncountable)The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
(countable, uncountable)A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
(countable, uncountable)A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
Barrenstütz, Beugestütz
обра́тное отжима́ниеobrátnoje otžimánije, отжима́ние на бру́сьяхotžimánije na brúsʹjax
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
(countable, uncountable)The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
Examples
144 sentencesHave you ever gone skinny dipping?
ruВы когда-нибудь ходили купаться нагишом? — marafon
deWarst du schon mal nacktbaden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Would you ever go skinny dipping?
I feel like taking a dip.
He dipped his spoon into the soup.
Tom dipped his spoon into the soup.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, frFrom Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.
Back-formation from dippy.
Shortenings.
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Forms
plural: dipsSynonyms
34 synonyms- a brief swim in water:plunge
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon:angle of dipmagnetic dipmagnetic inclinationinclination
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity:dropfallfree fall
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places:pickpocketcutpurse
Word family
39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.