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noun • a depression in an otherwise level surface • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places • tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped • a brief immersion • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity • a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow • 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 verb • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate • dip into a liquid while eating • go down momentarily • stain an object by immersing it in a liquid • take a small amount from • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam • lower briefly • appear to move downward • slope downwards • dip into a liquid • place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax • immerse in a disinfectant solution • plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container • scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | ||||||||
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noun • a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall • a headlong plunge into water • a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft verb • drop steeply • plunge into water • swim under water | ||||||||
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noun • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about • horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window • brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall • a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters • a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon • (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head • a headlong jump (or fall) | ||||||||
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