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Dictionary > Definition: immerse

Definition of immerse
  1. engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
  2. cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
  3. thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
  4. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
Similar Words: steep, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up

Hyponyms: drink in, drink, dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse, submerge, submerse, soak, sheathe

Grouped Verbs: plunge, steep, engulf, engross, absorb, soak up

Derivational Morphology: concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion, preoccupation, preoccupancy, intentness, submersion, ducking, dousing, dip, plunge, diver, plunger, plumber's helper, piston


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