Definition of plunge

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Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..

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Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..
Implunge :: Implunge (v. t.) To plunge.
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east..
Submergence :: Submerge (v. i.) To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included..
Plunged :: Plunged (imp. & p. p.) of Plung.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Force Pump :: Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..
Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Poach :: Poach (v. t.) To force, drive, or plunge into anything..
Enwallow :: Enwallow (v. t.) To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow..
Ducker :: Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out..
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) 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..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To baptize by immersion.
Immerse :: Immerse (v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge..
Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
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