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English to English noun
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a brief swim in water |  | source: wordnet30
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a steep and rapid fall | | source: wordnet30
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The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge. | | source: webster1913 verb
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thrust or throw into | | Example: Immerse yourself in hot water
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drop steeply | | Example: the stock market plunged
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dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity | | Example: She plunged at it eagerly
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begin with vigor | | Example: He launched into a long diatribe
She plunged into a dangerous adventure
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cause to be immersed | | Example: The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text
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fall abruptly | | Example: It plunged to the bottom of the well
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immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | | Example: dip the garment into the cleaning solution
dip the brush into the paint
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devote (oneself) fully to | | Example: He immersed himself into his studies
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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war. | | source: webster1913
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To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt. | | source: webster1913
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