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{
"term": "dip",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "dip",
"heSheIt": "dips"
},
"pastSimple": "dipped",
"pastParticiple": "dipped",
"ingForm": "dipping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again",
"sensetop": "dip something (into something)dip something (in)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He dipped the brush into the paint.",
"contextForm": "dip something (into something)"
},
{
"text": "Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.",
"contextForm": "dip something (in)"
},
{
"text": "The fruit had been dipped in chocolate."
},
{
"text": "He dipped his finger in the water"
},
{
"text": "Quickly dip the tomatoes in boiling water."
},
{
"text": "She dipped the brush lightly in the varnish."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["lightly", "quickly"],
"preposition": ["in", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to go downwards or to a lower level; to make something do this",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)dip something (+ adv./prep.)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The sun dipped below the horizon.",
"contextForm": "(+ adv./prep.)"
},
{
"text": "Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million."
},
{
"text": "The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town."
},
{
"text": "The plane dipped its wings.",
"contextForm": "dip something (+ adv./prep.)"
},
{
"text": "He dipped his head as he went through the doorway."
},
{
"text": "His head dipped towards her."
},
{
"text": "Support dipped sharply to 51 per cent."
},
{
"text": "The road dipped steeply down into the town."
},
{
"text": "The sun was slowly dipping out of sight."
},
{
"text": "hills which dip gently to the east"
},
{
"text": "when unemployment dips below a certain point"
}
],
"synonyms": "fall",
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["slightly", "sharply"],
"preposition": ["below"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if you dip your headlights when driving a car at night, you make the light from them point down so that other drivers do not have the light in their eyes",
"sensetop": "dip something",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "when farmers dip animals, especially sheep, they put them in a bath of a liquid containing chemicals in order to kill insects, etc.",
"sensetop": "dip something",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["lightly", "quickly"],
"preposition": ["in", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to spend some of your own money on something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was forced to dip into her own pocket to pay for the repairs."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to start doing something very carefully to see if it will be successful or not",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We decided to dip a toe in the computer games market."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪp/",
"audio": "di/dip/dip__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪps/",
"audio": "di/dip/dips__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪpt/",
"audio": "di/dip/dipped__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɪpɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/dip/dipping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪp/",
"audio": "di/dip/dip__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪps/",
"audio": "di/dip/dips__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪpt/",
"audio": "di/dip/dipped__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɪpɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/dip/dipping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English dyppan, of Germanic origin; related to deep."
}