dip/put/stick a toe in the water

:  to plunge or immerse momentarily or partially under the surface (as of a liquid) so as to moisten, cool, or coat

:  to thrust in a way to suggest immersion

:  to immerse (an animal, such as a sheep or dog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution

:  an act of dipping

:  a brief plunge into the water for sport or exercise

:  inclination downward:

:  a stupid or unsophisticated person

: diploma

:  to place in a specified position or relationship :  lay

:  to move in a specified direction

:  to send (something, such as a weapon or missile) into or through something :  thrust

:  a throw made with an overhand pushing motion

:  the act or an instance of putting the shot

:  an option to sell a specified amount of a security (such as a stock) or commodity (such as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time — compare call 3d

:  being in place :  fixed, set

:  a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as

:  a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch

:  a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material

:  to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick

:  to pierce with something pointed :  stab

:  to kill by piercing

:  to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce

:  a thrust with a pointed instrument :  stab

:  delay, stop

:  impediment

:  one of the terminal members of the vertebrate foot

:  the fore end of a foot or hoof

:  a terminal segment of a limb of an invertebrate

:  to touch, reach, or drive with the toe

:  to furnish with a toe

:  to drive (something, such as a nail) obliquely

:  the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid oxide of hydrogen H₂O which appears bluish in thick layers, freezes at 0° C and boils at 100° C, has a maximum density at 4° C and a high specific heat, is feebly ionized to hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, and is a poor conductor of electricity and a good solvent

:  a particular quantity or body of water: such as

:  the water occupying or flowing in a particular bed

:  to moisten, sprinkle, or soak with water

:  to supply with water for drink

:  to supply water to