dipped
/dɪpt/
adjective
- Having been put into a liquid and then removed, often coated.
- We ate fresh fruit dipped in caramel.
- The dipped candles had a smooth, even finish.
- She served bread dipped in olive oil.
- Lowered or sunken in part.
- The car's headlights showed a dipped beam for city driving.
- The old fence had a dipped section where the wood had rotted.
- The mattress was dipped in the middle from years of use.
verb
- Past tense and past participle of dip: to put something into a liquid for a short time.
- He dipped the strawberries in melted chocolate.
- She dipped her brush into the blue paint.
- The child dipped his toes into the cold pool.
- To have gone down or become lower, especially temporarily.
- Stock prices dipped sharply after the news.
- The temperature dipped below freezing last night.
- The sun dipped below the horizon.
- To have moved downward or to a lower level.
- His voice dipped to a whisper.
- The bird dipped its wings and turned.
- The road dipped suddenly as we drove over the hill.
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