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plunge
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- pronunciation:
- pluhnj
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
plunges, plunging, plunged |
| definition 1: |
to thrust into something soft or liquid.
She plunged her hand into the muck and felt for her ring.- similar words:
- drive, duck, dunk, immerse, propel, sink, submerge, thrust
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| definition 2: |
to dive or jump.
The swimmer plunged into the cold pool.- synonyms:
- dive
- similar words:
- fling, hurl, throw
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| definition 3: |
to move suddenly forward or downward.
The temperature plunged.- synonyms:
- lunge
- similar words:
- cascade, dart, decline, descend, dive, fall, leap, swoop
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| related words: |
crash, drop, hurtle, lunge, pitch, sink, sound, speculate, submerge, thrash, topple, tumble |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the act of diving.
She took a plunge in the ocean.- synonyms:
- dive
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| related words: |
lunge, thrust, tumble |
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