dip

A lower section of a road or geological feature.

There is a dip in the road ahead.

They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.

Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.

With his precious charge / Embark'd, Sinicus gently ſteers along; / The dip of oars in uniſon awake / Without alarming ſilence; […]

A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.

A dip stick.

To lower into a liquid.

Dip your biscuit into your tea.

He dipped the end of a towel in cold water and with it began to flick him on the face, his wife all the while holding her face between her hands and sobbing in a way that was heart breaking to hear.

To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out.

(of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.

To lower a light's beam.

Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.

The engine's three headlights lit the way clearly, and when a train approached in the other direction, Driver Wegg dipped his lights; the other driver politely replying by doing the same.

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 for

The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.

A foolish person.

A commander tells the soldiers, "We're going on a 5 mile run". And some dip asks, "Do we have to bring our kitbags?" At which point, the answer is yes. It wouldn't have been if the soldier hadn't asked the question.