to plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.-to immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.-to wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.-to plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.-to take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.-to engage as a pledge; to mortgage.-to immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.-to perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.-to pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.-to enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.-to incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.-to dip snuff.-the action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.-inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.-a liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.-a dipped candle.