dip

/dɪp/ verb (present participle dipping, past tense and past participle dipped)

Translation

PUT INTO [T] › to put something into a liquid for a short time

banmak, daldırmak

She dipped the brush into the paint.1618

LOWER [I] › to become lower in level or amount

düşmek, alçalmak, inmek

The number of students taking sciences has dipped sharply.1811

dip into sth phrasal verb

READ UK › to read small parts of a book or magazine

(kitap, dergi) göz atmak, karıştırmak

It's the sort of book you can dip into now and then.1189

SPEND › to spend part of a supply of money that you have been keeping

birikmiş paranın belli bir bölümünü kullanmak

I had to dip into my savings to pay for the repairs.1420

(Definition of dip verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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