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Antonyms for plunge
plʌndʒplunge
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
plunge
Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases. To speak of baptism by immersion as dipping now seems rude; tho entirely proper and usual in early English. Baptists now universally use the word immerse. To dip and to immerse alike signify to bury or submerge some object in a liquid; but dip implies that the object dipped is at once removed from the liquid, while immerse is wholly silent as to the removal. Immerse also suggests more absolute completeness of the action; one may dip his sleeve or dip a sponge in a liquid, if he but touches the edge; if he immerses it, he completely sinks it under, and covers it with the liquid. Submerge implies that the object can not readily be removed, if at all; as, a submerged wreck. To plunge is to immerse suddenly and violently, for which douse and duck are colloquial terms. Dip is used, also, unlike the other words, to denote the putting of a hollow vessel into a liquid in order to remove a portion of it; in this sense we say dip up, dip out. Compare synonyms for BURY.
Synonyms:
bury, dip, douse, duck, immerge, immerse, sink, submergePreposition:
The object is immersed in water.
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dip, plungenoun
a brief swim in water
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drop, fall, magnetic inclination, free fall, magnetic dip, pickpocket, angle of dip, dip, inclination, cutpurseplungeverb
a steep and rapid fall
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dipimmerse, plungeverb
thrust or throw into
"Immerse yourself in hot water"
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engulf, bury, swallow, dump, engross, dunk, souse, launch, eat up, absorb, immerse, swallow up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, dousedive, plunge, plunkverb
drop steeply
"the stock market plunged"
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engulf, plank, plonk, dump, plop, engross, dunk, flump, clunk, launch, plump down, clump, absorb, pick, immerse, souse, plunk down, clop, plunk, dip, pluck, soak up, dive, plump, steep, douseplungeverb
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
"She plunged at it eagerly"
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dive, engulf, dump, plunk, douse, souse, dip, steep, soak up, launch, engross, immerse, dunk, absorbplunge, launchverb
begin with vigor
"He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
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engulf, set up, dump, found, engross, dunk, launch, absorb, set in motion, immerse, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, establish, steep, douseplunge, immerseverb
cause to be immersed
"The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
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engulf, swallow up, swallow, engross, dunk, launch, eat up, dump, absorb, bury, immerse, souse, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, steep, douseplunge, dumpverb
fall abruptly
"It plunged to the bottom of the well"
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engulf, immerse, knock down, dump, deck, engross, dunk, launch, absorb, underprice, souse, plunk, dip, coldcock, ditch, soak up, dive, steep, floor, dousedunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseverb
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"
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engulf, hit it up, dim, engross, dump, dowse, dive, dunk, duck, launch, sink, steep, immerse, souse, sop, soak, plunk, dip, put out, soak up, drench, douse, inebriate, absorbsteep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak upverb
devote (oneself) fully to
"He immersed himself into his studies"
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engulf, douse, bury, occupy, sop up, swallow, dump, assimilate, engross, dunk, souse, launch, draw, eat up, absorb, engage, take in, immerse, swallow up, ingest, take up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, imbibe, take over, steep, suck up, infuse, suck
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The market continues to absorb the cumulative impact of the large price and rate increases that led to a plunge in affordability, as a result, over the rest of the year purchase demand likely will continue to drag, supply will modestly increase, and home price growth will decelerate.
Are David Gauke going to side with those who want to scrub the democratic verdict of the people — and plunge this country into chaos ? or are Prime Minister Boris Johnson going to side with those of us who want to get on, deliver on the mandate of the people and focus with absolute, laser-like precision on the domestic agenda ? That's the choice.
The whole wire system of the brain could be disconnected in a spark of a second by a sometimes unsignificant detail. An unexpected incident or an innocuous phone call may provoke an ethereal distress that might plunge one’s life into chaos and like a sudden twist of fate overturn everything, ransacking the assembled experiences of our history. (“Alors, tout a basculé”)
It's funny because I literally was shopping for a tarp-like, reusable container last year because the box was driving me bonkers. But I didn't pull the trigger, we may be moving this beauty to a new container this year, if I end up taking the plunge in an effort to avoid the eyesore next year.
The market is still very much in gripped by the plunge in oil prices and this morning we're seeing a slightly little better tone to oil prices.
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