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Meaning of 'immerse' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Immerse [ a.]
- Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
2 . Immerse [ v. t.]
- To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
- To baptize by immersion.
- To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.

Meaning of 'immerse' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . immerse [ v]
Meaning (1):
- devote (oneself) fully to
Example in sentence:
  • He immersed himself into his studies
Meaning (2):
- thrust or throw into
Example in sentence:
  • Immerse yourself in hot water
Meaning (3):
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
Example in sentence:
  • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Meaning (4):
- cause to be immersed
Example in sentence:
  • The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text

Nearby Words:

immaculate immailed immalleable immanacle immanacled immanacling immanation immane immanence immanency

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