'Plunge' definitions:

Definition of 'plunge'

(from WordNet)
noun
A brief swim in water [syn: dip, plunge]
noun
A steep and rapid fall
verb
Thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" [syn: immerse, plunge]
verb
Drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: dive, plunge, plunk]
verb
Dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"
verb
Begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: plunge, launch]
verb
Cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" [syn: plunge, immerse]
verb
Fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" [syn: plunge, dump]
verb
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse]
verb
Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up]

Definition of 'Plunge'

From: GCIDE
  • Plunge \Plunge\, n.
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her husband's murder or accuse her son. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • And with thou not reach out a friendly arm, To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows? --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • Plunge bath, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath in which the bather can wholly immerse himself.
  • Plunge battery, or plunging battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into, or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plunge'

From: GCIDE
  • Plunge \Plunge\, v. i.
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Forced to plunge naked in the raging sea. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • To plunge into guilt of a murther. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. [1913 Webster]
  • Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • Plunging fire (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an elevated position. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plunge'

From: GCIDE
  • Plunge \Plunge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Plunging.] [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See Plumb.]
  • 1. 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. "To plunge the boy in pleasing sleep." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Bound and plunged him into a cell. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • We shall be plunged into perpetual errors. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To baptize by immersion. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Plunged and graveled with three lines of Seneca. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'plunge'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Plunge'