dipping (into) Antonyms
Strongest:
- slogging-through-
- turning-over
- gobbling-up-
- leafing-through-
- reading
- poring-over-
- thumbing-through-
- wading-through-
- scanning
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Meaning of dipping (into)
dipping (into)
to take a portion of (snuff), an insecticide or parasiticide for the dipping of animals, to decline or decrease moderately and usually temporarily, to leave especially suddenly or prematurely, to suddenly drop down or out of sight, a brief plunge into the water for sport or exercise, a stupid or unsophisticated person, to drop suddenly before climbing, something obtained by or used in dipping, hollow, depression, the angle formed with the horizon by a magnetic needle free to rotate in the vertical plane, to withdraw a part of the contents of something by or as if by reaching down inside it, to examine or read something casually or superficially, dim sense 1, an act of dipping, to plunge into a liquid and quickly emerge, a sharp downward course, to lift a portion of by reaching below the surface with something shaped to hold liquid, inclination downward, a liquid preparation for the dipping of something, pitch, to thrust in a way to suggest immersion, to plunge or immerse momentarily or partially under the surface (as of a liquid) so as to moisten, cool, or coat, to lower the body momentarily especially as part of an athletic or dancing motion, to use dipping tobacco, pickpocket, mortgage, to lower and then raise again, involve, to place a pinch of (tobacco) between the lip or cheek and gum, to immerse (an animal, such as a sheep or dog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution, to immerse something into a processing liquid or finishing material, to incline downward from the plane of the horizon, the angle that a stratum or similar geologic feature makes with a horizontal plane, a sauce or soft mixture into which food may be dipped
dipping (into) Sentence Examples
- The child dipped her toes into the cool lake water.
- The artist delicately dipped her brush into the palette.
- The nurse dipped a cotton swab into the antiseptic solution.
- The baker dipped the doughnut into the glaze.
- The painter dipped his brush into the acrylic paint.
- The photographer dipped the film into the developing solution.
- The cook dipped the chicken into the breading mixture.
- The mechanic dipped the wrench into the oil.
- The gardener dipped the roots of the plant into the hormone solution.
- The teacher dipped the quill into the inkwell.
FAQs About the word dipping (into)
to take a portion of (snuff), an insecticide or parasiticide for the dipping of animals, to decline or decrease moderately and usually temporarily, to leave esp
slogging (through),turning over, gobbling (up), leafing (through), reading, poring (over), thumbing (through), wading (through), scanning, skimming
No antonyms found.
The child dipped her toes into the cool lake water.
The artist delicately dipped her brush into the palette.
The nurse dipped a cotton swab into the antiseptic solution.
The baker dipped the doughnut into the glaze.
