{
    "term": "dip",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "dip",
            "heSheIt": "dips"
        },
        "pastSimple": "dipped",
        "pastParticiple": "dipped",
        "ingForm": "dipping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again",
            "sensetop": "dip something (into something)dip something (in)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He dipped the brush into the paint.",
                    "contextForm": "dip something (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.",
                    "contextForm": "dip something (in)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fruit had been dipped in chocolate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dipped his finger in the water"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Quickly dip the tomatoes in boiling water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She dipped the brush lightly in the varnish."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["lightly", "quickly"],
                "preposition": ["in", "into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to go downwards or to a lower level; to make something do this",
            "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)dip something (+ adv./prep.)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The sun dipped below the horizon.",
                    "contextForm": "(+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane dipped its wings.",
                    "contextForm": "dip something (+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dipped his head as he went through the doorway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His head dipped towards her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Support dipped sharply to 51 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road dipped steeply down into the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun was slowly dipping out of sight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "hills which dip gently to the east"
                },
                {
                    "text": "when unemployment dips below a certain point"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "fall",
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slightly", "sharply"],
                "preposition": ["below"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if you dip your headlights when driving a car at night, you make the light from them point down so that other drivers do not have the light in their eyes",
            "sensetop": "dip something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "when farmers dip animals, especially sheep, they put them in a bath of a liquid containing chemicals in order to kill insects, etc.",
            "sensetop": "dip something",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["lightly", "quickly"],
                "preposition": ["in", "into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to spend some of your own money on something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was forced to dip into her own pocket to pay for the repairs."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start doing something very carefully to see if it will be successful or not",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We decided to dip a toe in the computer games market."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪp/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dip__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪps/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dips__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪpt/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dipped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dipping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪp/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dip__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪps/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dips__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪpt/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dipped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/dip/dipping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English dyppan, of Germanic origin; related to deep."
}