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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

undip en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + dip.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To bring back up from a dipped state.
    • You undip your headlights. You can see the gazelle, the gazelle can see only the light. Your companion in the passenger seat opens the door, rests the rifle on the hinge, aims — all without haste, because the gazelle is stock still — and fires. 2010, John Man, The Great Wall, page 185:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
undipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
undipped Tense=Past lexicographic
undipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
undips Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic