Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
---|---|---|---|---|
dip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
drop | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dip (noun) | drop (noun) |
---|---|
a brief swim in water | the act of dropping something |
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms | a central depository where things can be left or picked up |
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery |
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity |
a brief immersion | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity |
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped | a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) |
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | a steep high face of rock |
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon | a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) |
a depression in an otherwise level surface | a shape that is spherical and small |
dip (verb) | drop (verb) |
---|---|
stain an object by immersing it in a liquid | give birth; used for animals |
go down momentarily | grow progressively worse |
dip into a liquid while eating | go down in value |
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | stop pursuing or acting |
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container | change from one level to another |
immerse in a disinfectant solution | lower the pitch of (musical notes) |
scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death |
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax | leave undone or leave out |
dip into a liquid | omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing |
appear to move downward | utter with seeming casualness |
slope downwards | lose (a game) |
lower briefly | take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth |
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam | remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave |
take a small amount from | to remove |
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | |
let or cause to fall in drops | |
to fall vertically | |
let fall to the ground | |
fall or descend to a lower place or level | |
pay out | |
stop associating with | |
terminate an association with | |
hang loosely |