PLUNGE
/plʌndʒ/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 14
Definition
- noun a brief swim in water.
— synonyms: dip
- noun a steep and rapid fall.
- verb thrust or throw into.
— synonyms: immerse
- verb drop steeply.
— synonyms: dive, plunk
- verb dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity.
- verb begin with vigor.
— synonyms: launch
- verb cause to be immersed.
— synonyms: immerse
- verb fall abruptly.
— synonyms: dump
- verb immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
— synonyms: dunk, dip, souse, douse
- verb devote (oneself) fully to.
— synonyms: steep, immerse, engulf, engross, absorb, soak_up
Examples
- “A plunge into the sea”
- “to plunge the body into water”
- “to plunge a dagger into the breast; to plunge a nation into war”
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