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PLUNGE
dip, plunge
(noun) a brief swim in water
plunge
(noun) a steep and rapid fall
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to; “He immersed himself into his studies”
plunge, immerse
(verb) cause to be immersed; “The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text”
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
(verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; “dip the garment into the cleaning solution”; “dip the brush into the paint”
immerse, plunge
(verb) thrust or throw into; “Immerse yourself in hot water”
plunge
(verb) dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; “She plunged at it eagerly”
dive, plunge, plunk
(verb) drop steeply; “the stock market plunged”
plunge, dump
(verb) fall abruptly; “It plunged to the bottom of the well”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
plunge (third-person singular simple present plunges, present participle plunging, simple past and past participle plunged)
(transitive) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.
(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
(transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
(figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
(intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
(intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
(intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
(intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.
Noun
plunge (plural plunges)
the act of plunging or submerging
a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
(dated) A swimming pool
(figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
(slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
(obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Plunge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Plunging.] Etym: [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See Plumb.]
1. 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. "To plunge the boy in pleasing sleep." Dryden. Bound and plunged him into a cell. Tennyson. We shall be plunged into perpetual errors. I. Watts.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.] Plunged and graveled with three lines of Seneca. Sir T. Browne.
Plunge, v. i.
1. 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. Forced to plunge naked in the raging sea. Dryden. To plunge into guilt of a murther. Tillotson.
2. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges. Bp. Hall.
3. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations. [Cant] Plunging fire (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an elevated position.
Plunge, n.
1. 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.
2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.] She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her husband's murder or accuse her son. Sir P. Sidney. And with thou not reach out a friendly arm, To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows Addison.
3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. [Cant] Plunge bath, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath in which the bather can wholly immerse himself.
– Plunge, or plunging, battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into, or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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