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DIP/dɪp/

To dip is to put something briefly into a liquid, or to fall a little; as a noun, a savoury sauce or a small fall: dip in; a dip in sales. Duck is a close twin for a quick movement; decline is stronger for a fall. Dip the sample in the reagent for the stated seconds. Mix-up: dip vs deep; drip; do not write dip for a collapse with no small, brief change in the source.

Meaning

To put something briefly into a liquid; also to fall a little; as a noun, a savoury sauce or a small fall.

Examples

• “Dip the sample in the reagent for the stated seconds, the practical said.”
• “A dip in the graph featured after 2019, which is the small-fall sense — still quote the units.”

Good to know

dip in / into; a dip in + noun; a savoury dip. Close: duck / decline (stronger). Trap: deep / drip. Science, economics, and food. Put briefly in liquid, a small fall, or a sauce — specify.

Near in meaning

immerse, drop, fall

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