plunge
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.
Inflected forms:
form: plunges
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: plunging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: plunged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: plunged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: plunges
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to plunge the body into water
"Most of them don't wash. Those who do usually plunge their head into some brook or rill, if there happens to be one about."
gloss: To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: to plunge a dagger into the breast
to plunge a nation into war
the city was plunged into darkness
Jon isn’t lying when he tells her she will always be his queen, right before plunging a knife into her. He genuinely swore obedience, and sees himself as a traitor when he commits the deeds.
gloss: To baptize by immersion.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: he plunged into the river
gloss: To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: to plunge into debt
to plunge into controversy
profits plunge 90%
The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
Do we know how kinky practices began? Do we know who the first kinky people were? Well, no. […] Nevertheless, we shall plunge ahead into the past, using what facts we have to make informed assumptions on how we traveled the slippery slope from there to here.
Target reported profit plunged 90% in the second quarter, falling far short of expectations, as inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending on nonessential items.
gloss: To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: [N]ature affects a looſe kinde of liberty, vvhich it cannot indure to have reſtrained: neither fares it othervviſe vvith it, then vvith ſome vvilde colt; which at the firſt taking up, flings and plunges, and vvill ſtand on no ground; but after it hath been ſomvvhile diſciplin'd at the Poſt, is grovvn tractable, and quietly ſubmits either to the ſaddle, or the collar: […]
gloss: To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
gloss: To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: Plunged and gravelled with three lines of Seneca.
gloss: To overwhelm, overpower.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: The act of plunging or submerging.
pos: noun
gloss: A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
pos: noun
examples: to take the water with a plunge
A plunge into the sea
gloss: A swimming pool.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Derived words: implunge
plungeable
plunge bath
plunge bra
plunge in
plunge into
plunge pool
plunge waterfall
polar bear plunge
replunge
take the plunge
unplunge
unplunged
bus plunge
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