immerse
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
thrust or throw into
Immerse yourself in hot water
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- plunge derivation
- piston derivation
- plumber's helper derivation
- diver derivation
Sense 2 verb
devote (oneself) fully to
He immersed himself into his studies
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- intentness derivation
- preoccupancy derivation
- engrossment derivation
- immerse verb group
Sense 3 verb
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Types & categories
- inclose hypernym
Sense 4 verb
cause to be immersed
The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | piston |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plumber's helper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | diver |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dunk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | submerse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soak |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheathe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intentness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preoccupancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | engrossment |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | immerse |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rivet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drink in |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclose |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | steep |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dousing |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | steep |