Definitions of Plunge [ʌndʒ]

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Definition of 'Plunge'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) plunge
to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something:
to plunge a dagger into one's heart.

2.  plunge
to bring suddenly or forcibly into some condition, situation, etc.:
to plunge a house into darkness.

3. (v.i.) plunge
to cast oneself, or fall as if cast, into water, from a great height, etc.; plummet.

4.  plunge
to rush or dash with headlong haste:
to plunge through a crowd.

5.  plunge
to bet or speculate recklessly.

6.  plunge
to throw oneself impetuously or abruptly into some condition or situation:
to plunge into debt.

7.  plunge
to descend abruptly or precipitously, as a cliff or road.

8.  plunge
to pitch violently forward, as a ship.

9. (n.) plunge
the act of plunging.

10.  plunge
a leap or dive, as into water.

11.  plunge
a headlong or impetuous rush or dash.

12.  plunge
a sudden, violent pitching movement.

Definition of 'Plunge'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) dip, plunge
a brief swim in water

2. (verb) plunge
a steep and rapid fall

3. (verb) immerse, plunge
thrust or throw into
"Immerse yourself in hot water"

4. (verb) dive, plunge, plunk
drop steeply
"the stock market plunged"

5. (verb) plunge
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
"She plunged at it eagerly"

6. (verb) plunge, launch
begin with vigor
"He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

7. (verb) plunge, immerse
cause to be immersed
"The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

8. (verb) plunge, dump
fall abruptly
"It plunged to the bottom of the well"

9. (verb) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
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"

10. (verb) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
devote (oneself) fully to
"He immersed himself into his studies"

Definition of 'Plunge'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) plunge
to fall quickly from a height
He plunged to his death from the scaffolding.

2.  plunge
to decrease in level or amount
The temperature plunged to freezing.

3. (noun) plunge
a sudden reduction in level or quality
a plunge in house prices; Stocks took a plunge this week.

4.  plunge
take a plunge
a sudden fall or jump from a height
a plunge into the deep cool water

5.  plunge
take the plunge
to finally decide to do sth challenging or important
We took the plunge and sold our second car.

Definition of 'Plunge'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Plunge
the act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge

2. (noun) Plunge
hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties

3. (noun) Plunge
the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse

4. (noun) Plunge
heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation

5. (verb) Plunge
to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war

6. (verb) Plunge
to baptize by immersion

7. (verb) Plunge
to entangle; to embarrass; to overcome

8. (verb) Plunge
to thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt

9. (verb) Plunge
to pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does

10. (verb) Plunge
to bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations

Translation of 'Plunge'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to throw oneself down (into deep water etc); to dive He plunged into the river.
Afrikaans: induik	Arabic: يَغْطُس، يَرْتَمي	Bulgarian: гмуркам се
Brazilian: mergulhar	Czech: skočit, vrhnout se	German: tauchen
Danish: springe på hovedet	Greek: βουτώ	Spanish: lanzarse, zambullirse, ti
Estonian: (vee alla) vajutama, suke	Farsi: شیرجه رفتن	Finnish: sukeltaa
French: plonger	Hebrew: לִקפוֹץ	Hindi: खुद को गहरे पानी इत्यादि
Croatian: zaroniti, uroniti	Hungarian: beugrik	Indonesian: terjun
Icelandic: stinga sér	Italian: tuffarsi	Japanese: 飛び込む
Korean: 뛰어들다	Lithuanian: nerti, mestis	Latvian: ienirt; iegrimt; mesties
Malay: terjun	Dutch: zich storten	Norwegian: styrte, kaste seg, stupe
Polish: dać nura, skoczyć	Persian: زير آب رفتن	Pashto: تر اوبه لاندى تلل
Portuguese: mergulhar	Romanian: a plonja	Russian: нырять
Slovak: skočiť	Slovenian: potopiti (se), skočiti (v	Serbian: gnjuriti
Swedish: kasta sig, dyka ner	Thai: พุ่งลงไปในน้ำ	Turkish: dalmak
Taiwanese: 跳入(水中)	Ukrainian: пірнати	Urdu: چھلانگ لگانا، غوطہ لگانا
Vietnamese: lao mình xuống; lặn	Chinese: 跳入（水中）
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