VERB | contact | immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into |
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cognition | immerse, steep, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up | devote (oneself) fully to | |
contact | immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | |
cognition | immerse, plunge | cause to be immersed |
Sounds | ihmer's | |
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Rhymes | adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers... |
Meaning | thrust or throw into. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | They immerse the object in the water | |
Example | "Immerse yourself in hot water" | |
Synonym | plunge | |
Entailed by | spoon | scoop up or take up with a spoon |
Narrower | dip | Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container |
dip | immerse / immerse in a disinfectant solution | |
dunk, dip | dip into a liquid / liquid while eating | |
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | |
sheathe | plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh | |
soak | submerge in a liquid / liquid | |
submerge, submerse | put under water | |
Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
Spanish | hundirse, sumergirse, sumergir, sumir | |
Catalan | enfonsar-se, enfonsar, submergir-se, submergir, sumir |
Meaning | Devote (oneself) fully to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Example | "He immersed himself into his studies" | |
Synonyms | steep, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up | |
Caused by | plunge, immerse | Cause to be immersed |
Narrower | drink in, drink | Be fascinated or spell-bound by |
Broader | concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet | direct one's attention on something |
Similar to | plunge, immerse | Cause to be immersed |
Spanish | absorberse, abstraerse, aislarse, concentrarse, embelesarse, empaparse, enfrascarse, ensimismarse, sumergirse, zambullirse | |
Catalan | immergir-se, submergir-se | |
Nouns | immersion | complete attention |
Meaning | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up | |
Broader | enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely |
Spanish | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar, sumir | |
Catalan | enterrar, sepultar, soterrar, sumir |
Meaning | Cause to be immersed. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | plunge | |
Cause to | steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up | Devote (oneself) fully to |
Similar to | steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up | Devote (oneself) fully to |
Spanish | sumergir | |
Catalan | immergir, submergir | |
Nouns | immersion | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
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