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Plunge

/plʌndʒ/

The act of plunging or submerging

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📖 Definitions of "Plunge"

noun

1
The act of plunging or submerging
2
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
"A plunge into the sea"
3
A swimming pool
4
The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse

verb

1
To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
"to plunge the body into water"
2
To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
"to plunge a dagger into the breast; to plunge a nation into war"
3
To baptize by immersion.
4
To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
"he plunged into the river"

🔄 Synonyms of "Plunge"

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
absorbverb	(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
engulfverb	(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
engrossverb	(transitive) To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
immerseverb	(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
sousenoun	(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
steepverb	Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
plunknoun	A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
dipnoun	A lower section of a road or geological feature.
launchnoun	(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
dumpnoun	A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
divenoun	(intransitive) To swim under water.
dunknoun	(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
douseverb	(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Plunge"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
dunknoun	(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
douseverb	(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
immerseverb	(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
divenoun	(intransitive) To swim under water.
dumpnoun	A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
launchnoun	(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
engulfverb	(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
absorbverb	(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
plunknoun	A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
steepverb	Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
dipnoun	A lower section of a road or geological feature.
sousenoun	(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
engrossverb	(transitive) To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
drownverb	(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
sinkverb	(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
fellverb	(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
divingnoun	The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
fallsnoun	A waterfall.
slidenoun	(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
delveverb	(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out