immerse
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(verb) Thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in the hot water" |
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Synonyms: plunge |
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Related Words: dip, douse, dunk, penetrate, plunge, sheathe, soak, souse, submerge |
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(verb) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
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Synonyms: bury, eat up, engross, swallow, swallow up |
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Related Words: enclose, inclose, shut in |
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(verb) engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
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Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, steep |
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Related Words: center, centre, concentrate, drink, drink in, focus, pore, rivet |
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(verb) cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" |
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Synonyms: plunge |
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