Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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subside | No | No | Yes | No |
dip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
subside (noun) | dip (noun) |
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a brief swim in water | |
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms | |
a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow | |
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | |
a brief immersion | |
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped | |
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | |
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon | |
a depression in an otherwise level surface |
subside (verb) | dip (verb) |
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wear off or die down | stain an object by immersing it in a liquid |
sink down or precipitate | go down momentarily |
sink to a lower level or form a depression | dip into a liquid while eating |
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate |
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container | |
immerse in a disinfectant solution | |
scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | |
place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax | |
dip into a liquid | |
appear to move downward | |
slope downwards | |
lower briefly | |
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam | |
take a small amount from |