immerse
Other forms: immersed; immersing; immerses
If you immerse yourself in your work, you completely involve yourself in it, spending long hours in the office and thinking about work all the time.
Immerse can also mean to submerge in a liquid. A science experiment might tell you to immerse a piece of paper completely in water. If you are a swimmer immersed in a rigorous training regimen, you might be immersing yourself in the pool several times a day.
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cause to be immersed
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thrust or throw into“Immerse yourself in hot water”
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synonyms:
plunge
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dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
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dip
plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
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dip
immerse in a disinfectant solution
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submerge, submerse
put under water
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soak
submerge in a liquid
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sheathe
plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
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sop
dip into liquid
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dip, douse, duck
dip into a liquid
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dabble
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
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enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
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devote (oneself) fully to
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When middle schooler Pie Pennelli is told by the Byrd twins that his recent hockey game had exactly the same moves and score as the one they'd played on a toy the night before, he is unsure what to think about this possible magic.
Following the death of their parents, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to live with Count Olaf, who plots to steal their inheritance.
Charlie Gordon goes through an experimental treatment to increase his intelligence, with unexpected and ultimately tragic results.
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