PLUNGE
\plˈʌnd͡ʒ], \plˈʌndʒ], \p_l_ˈʌ_n_dʒ]\
Definitions of PLUNGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
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begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
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a steep and rapid fall
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dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"
By Princeton University
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engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
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Thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in the hot water"
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begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
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a steep and rapid fall
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dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To baptize by immersion.
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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.
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To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
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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.
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To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
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To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
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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.
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Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
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The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
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Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
By Oddity Software
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To baptize by immersion.
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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.
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To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
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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.
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To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
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To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
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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.
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Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
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The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
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Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
By Noah Webster.
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To put suddenly into water or any other liquid.
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To sink, fall, or rush, as into water; dive; throw the body forward; enter suddenly and quickly; as, to plunge into the woods.
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The act of suddenly and quickly jumping, falling, entering, etc.; a sudden fall.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cast suddenly into water or other fluid: to force suddenly (into): to baptize by immersion.
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To sink suddenly into any fluid: to dive: to rush headlong, as a horse: to rush into any danger.
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Act of plunging: act of rushing headlong, as a horse.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.