Noun

• S: (n) dip, plunge (a brief swim in water)
• S: (n) plunge (a steep and rapid fall)

Verb

• S: (v) immerse, plunge (thrust or throw into) "Immerse yourself in hot water"
• S: (v) dive, plunge, plunk (drop steeply) "the stock market plunged"
• S: (v) plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity) "She plunged at it eagerly"
• S: (v) plunge, launch (begin with vigor) "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
• verb group
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) plunge, immerse (cause to be immersed) "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
• S: (v) plunge, dump (fall abruptly) "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
• S: (v) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse (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"
• S: (v) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up (devote (oneself) fully to) "He immersed himself into his studies"