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dip
     1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
           There is a dip in the road ahead.
     2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
     3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
     4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
     5. n. A dip stick.
     6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
           I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
     7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
     8. n. A sauce for dipping.
           This onion dip is just scrumptious.
     9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
     10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle.
     11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
     12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte
     13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
     14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
     15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco.
     16. v. To lower into a liquid.
           Dip your biscuit into your tea.
     17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
     18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
     19. v. To lower a light's beam.
           Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
     20. v. 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 bei
           “The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
     21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
           The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
     22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
     23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
     24. v. To immerse for baptism.
     25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
     26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
     27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
           to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
     28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
     29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
     30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
     31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
           Strata of rock dip.
     32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
     33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
     34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
           He dipped out of the room so fast.
     35. n. A foolish person.
     36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel)
     37. n. (informal) A diplomat.
Your
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, your
     2. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
           Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
           Is this your cat?
     3. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
     4. det. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
           Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
           Your Show of Shows
           Your World with Neil Cavuto
           Not Your Average Travel Guide
     5. det. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
           Your man just bought a new car.
           Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
     6. contraction. misspelling of you're
biscuit
     1. n. (chiefly UK, Australia, Ireland, NZ, rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.
     2. n. (chiefly North America) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
     3. n. (UK) A cracker.
           cheese and biscuits, water biscuits, digestive biscuits
     4. n. (nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
     5. n. A form of unglazed earthenware.
     6. n. A light brown colour.
           (color panel, FCE7D3)
     7. n. (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
     8. n. (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
     9. n. (ice hockey) A hockey puck.
into
     1. prep. Going inside (of).
           Mary danced into the house.
     2. prep. Going to a geographic region.
           We left the house and walked into the street.
           The plane flew into the open air.
     3. prep. Against, especially with force or violence.
           The car crashed into the tree;  I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall
     4. prep. Producing, becoming; (indicates transition into another form or substance).
           I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.   Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!
     5. prep. After the start of.
           About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.
     6. prep. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
           She's really into Shakespeare right now;  I'm so into you!
     7. prep. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.
           The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.
     8. prep. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.(R:OED Online)
           Five into three is fifteen.
     9. prep. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
           Three into two won't go.
           24 goes into 48 how many times?
     10. prep. Investigating the subject (of).
           Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees.
Your
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, your
     2. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
           Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
           Is this your cat?
     3. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
     4. det. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
           Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
           Your Show of Shows
           Your World with Neil Cavuto
           Not Your Average Travel Guide
     5. det. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
           Your man just bought a new car.
           Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
     6. contraction. misspelling of you're
tea
     1. n. The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.
           Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
     2. n. The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.
           Would you like some tea?
     3. n. A variety of the tea plant.
           Darjeeling is a tea from India.
     4. n. By extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants. Also, meat stock served hot as a drink, often as a stimulant or restorative.
           camomile tea; mint tea; beef tea
     5. n. (Australia, British, Canada, New Zealand, northern US) A cup of any one of these drinks, often with a small amount of milk or cream added and sweetened with sugar or honey.
     6. n. (Southern US) A glass of iced tea, typically served with ice cubes and sometimes with a slice or wedge of lemon.
     7. n. (UK) A light meal eaten mid-afternoon, typically with tea; afternoon tea.
     8. n. (Commonwealth) The main evening meal, irrespective of whether tea is drunk with it.
           The family were sitting round the table, having their tea.
     9. n. (cricket) The break in play between the second and third sessions.
           Australia were 490 for 7 at tea on the second day.
     10. n. (slang) Marijuana.
     11. n. (slang) Information, especially sensitive and/or juicy gossip. (Connected to the idea of sipping tea while listening to such information.)
           spill the tea on that drama
     12. v. To drink tea.
     13. v. To take afternoon tea (the light meal).
     14. n. A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction.
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