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| 1. | [ verb ] Thrust or throw into | |
| Synonyms: | immerse | |
| Examples: | "Immerse yourself in the hot water" |
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| Related terms: | penetrate soak dunk sheathe submerge dip dip piston | |
| 2. | [ verb ] drop steeply | |
| Synonyms: | dive plunk | |
| Examples: | "the stock market plunged" |
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| Related terms: | descend duck crash-dive sky_dive nosedive power-dive | |
| 3. | [ verb ] dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity | |
| Examples: | "She plunged at it eagerly" |
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| Related terms: | dart launch | |
| 4. | [ verb ] begin with vigor | |
| Synonyms: | launch | |
| Examples: | "He launched into a long diatribe" "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" |
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| Related terms: | begin | |
| 5. | [ verb ] begin with vigor | |
| Synonyms: | launch | |
| Examples: | "He launched into a long diatribe" "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" |
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| Related terms: | begin | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (sport) a brief swim in water | |
| Synonyms: | dip | |
| Related terms: | swimming dunk | |
| 7. | [ verb ] cause to be immersed | |
| Synonyms: | immerse | |
| Examples: | "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" |
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| Related terms: | steep steep | |
| 8. | [ verb ] fall abruptly | |
| Synonyms: | dump | |
| Examples: | "It plunged to the bottom of the well" |
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| Related terms: | drop dive | |
| 9. | [ verb ] engross (oneself) fully | |
| Synonyms: | engulf steep engross absorb immerse soak_up | |
| Examples: | "He immersed himself into his studies" |
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| Related terms: | concentrate drink_in concentration intentness | |
| 10. | [ verb ] immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | |
| Synonyms: | dip dunk douse souse | |
| Examples: | "dip the garment into the cleaning solution" "dip the brush into the paint" |
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| Related terms: | immerse dabble sop dip dipper ducking drenching dip | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a steep drop | |
| Related terms: | drop | |
| Similar spelling: |
plunger plangent plangency plunker Plunkett plumage plowing playing planchet plunk plonk plank plumaged planking planakeen Plonka plank-bed Planck Planas |
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