資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dipped}or {Dipt} (?); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dipping}.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to
   Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d?pan to baptize, OS.
   d?pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d["o]pa, Goth. daupjan,
   Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl? hollow, and to E.
   dive. Cf. {Deep}, {Dive}.]
   1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into
      a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

            The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev.
                                                  iv. 6.

            [Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny
            deep.                                 --Pope.

            While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson.

   2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of
      Common Prayer. Fuller.

   3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic]

            A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. --Milton.

   4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

            He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
                                                  --Dryden.

   5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other
      receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often
      with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out
      water.

   6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.]

            Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden.

   {Dipped candle}, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick
      in melted tallow.

   {To dip snuff}, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and
      teeth. [Southern U. S.]

   {To dip the colors} (Naut.), to lower the colors and return
      them to place; -- a form of naval salute.

資料來源 : WordNet®

dipped
     adj : having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
           [syn: {lordotic}, {swayback}, {swaybacked}]

dip
     n 1: a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip
          in the road"
     2: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the
        plane of the horizon [syn: {angle of dip}, {magnetic dip},
         {magnetic inclination}, {inclination}]
     3: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in
        public places [syn: {pickpocket}, {cutpurse}]
     4: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are
        dipped
     5: a brief immersion
     6: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57
        points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in
        pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices";
        "when that became known the price of their stock went into
        free fall" [syn: {drop}, {fall}, {free fall}]
     7: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax
        or tallow
     8: a brief swim in water [syn: {plunge}]
     9: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body
        is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the
        arms
     [also: {dipping}, {dipped}]

dip
     v 1: 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" [syn: {dunk}, {souse}, {plunge},
           {douse}]
     2: dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of
        bread in the sauce" [syn: {dunk}]
     3: go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
     4: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
     5: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
        [syn: {dim}]
     6: lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
     7: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon";
        "The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: {sink}]
     8: slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
     9: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: {douse},
        {duck}]
     10: of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
     11: immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
     12: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the
         surface; "dip water out of a container"
     [also: {dipping}, {dipped}]

dipped
     See {dip}