'Immerse' definitions:
Definition of 'immerse'
From: WordNet
verb
Thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" [syn: immerse, plunge]
verb
Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up]
verb
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up]
verb
Cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" [syn: plunge, immerse]
Definition of 'Immerse'
From: GCIDE
- Immerse \Im*merse"\, a. [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.] Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Immerse'
From: GCIDE
- Immerse \Im*merse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.]
- 1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. [1913 Webster]
- Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. --J Warton. [1913 Webster]
- More than a mile immersed within the wood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To baptize by immersion. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. [1913 Webster]
- The queen immersed in such a trance. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'immerse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- absorb the attention,
- arrest,
- asperge,
- asperse,
- baptize,
- bury,
- busy,
- catch,
- charm,
- christen,
- deluge,
- dip,
- douse,
- drown,
- duck,
- dunk,
- enchant,
- engage,
- engage the attention,
- engage the mind,
- engage the thoughts,
- engross,
- engross the mind,
- engross the thoughts,
- engulf,
- enthrall,
- exercise,
- fascinate,
- grab,
- grip,
- hold,
- hold spellbound,
- hold the interest,
- hypnotize,
- immerge,
- inundate,
- involve,
- involve the interest,
- merge,
- mesmerize,
- monopolize,
- obsess,
- occupy,
- occupy the attention,
- overwhelm,
- plunge,
- plunge in water,
- preoccupy,
- saturate,
- sink,
- soak,
- souse,
- spellbind,
- sprinkle,
- submerge,
- submerse,
- take up,
- whelm