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What is the verb for dips?

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dip

(transitive) To lower into a liquid.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
(intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
(transitive) To lower a light's beam.
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
(transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
(transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
To immerse for baptism.
To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
(transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
(intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
(transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
(intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
(dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
To slightly and swiftly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
(intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
Synonyms:

immerse, douse, dunk, plunge, souse, submerge, bathe, soak, dowse, drench, lower, sink, rinse, sop, steep, submerse, duck, saturate, baptise, baptize, irrigate, lave, moisten, pitch, slop, slosh, splash, wash, water, wet, drown, sprinkle, waterlog, dampen, sodden, cleanse, immerge, bedraggle, marinate, impregnate, lustrate, pickle, deluge, macerate, put in, christen, seethe, water-soak, bless, purify … more

Examples:

“If you dip your hand into the glaze and pull it out, the glaze should drip off quickly but create a slight webbing effect between your fingers.”

“The sun started to dip below the clouds and the sky was turning a nice orange and yellow color.”

“I really didn't want to camp so high up, given the recent temperatures at night, so I continued on, hoping the trail would begin to dip lower.”

dipped

simple past tense and past participle of dip
Synonyms:

immersed, doused, dunked, plunged, soused, submerged, bathed, soaked, dowsed, drenched, lowered, sank, sunk, sunken, rinsed, sopped, steeped, submersed, ducked, saturated, baptised, baptized, irrigated, laved, moistened, pitched, slopped, sloshed, splashed, washed, watered, wet, wetted, drowned, put in, sprinkled, wet down, waterlogged, dampened, soddened, cleansed, immerged, bedraggled, marinated, impregnated, sodden, pickled, deluged, macerated, seethed … more

dipping

present participle of dip
Synonyms:

dips

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dip
Synonyms:

immerses, douses, dunks, plunges, souses, submerges, bathes, soaks, dowses, drenches, lowers, sinks, rinses, sops, steeps, submerses, ducks, saturates, baptises, baptizes, irrigates, laves, moistens, pitches, slops, sloshes, splashes, washes, waters, wets, drowns, soddens, waterlogs, immerges, bedraggles, marinates, impregnates, pickles, deluges, macerates, puts in, seethes, wets down, rets, imbues, covers, plunges into water, floods, inundates, swamps … more

dippeth

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of dip

dippest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of dip

dippedst

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of dip

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