Definitions of dip:

• noun:   a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
• noun:   a brief swim in water
• noun:   a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
• noun:   a brief immersion
• noun:   tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
• noun:   (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
• noun:   a depression in an otherwise level surface

  Example: "There was a dip in the road"

• noun:   a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

  Example: "A dip in prices"

• noun:   a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
• verb:   slope downwards

  Example: "Our property dips towards the river"

• verb:   appear to move downward

  Example: "The sun dipped below the horizon"

• verb:   lower briefly

  Example: "She dipped her knee"

• verb:   stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
• verb:   go down momentarily

  Example: "Prices dipped"

• verb:   scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

  Example: "Dip water out of a container"

• verb:   immerse in a disinfectant solution

  Example: "Dip the sheep"

• verb:   of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
• verb:   dip into a liquid

  Example: "He dipped into the pool"

• verb:   switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• verb:   dip into a liquid while eating
• verb:   immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

  Example: "Dip the garment into the cleaning solution"