plunge

Meanings

• a brief swim in water
• a steep and rapid fall
• thrust or throw into
• drop steeply
  • "the stock market plunged"
• dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
  • "She plunged at it eagerly"
• begin with vigor
  • "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
• cause to be immersed
  • "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
• fall abruptly
  • "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
• devote (oneself) fully to

Synonyms

absorb, dip, dive, douse, dump, dunk, engross, engulf, immerse, launch, plunk, soak up, souse, steep