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[ ih-murs ] / ɪˈmɜrs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR immerse ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), im·mersed, im·mers·ing.to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink. to involve deeply; absorb: She is totally immersed in her law practice. to baptize by immersion. to embed; bury. Origin of immerse1595–1605; <Latin immersus, past participle of immergere;see immerge SYNONYMS FOR immerse1 immerge, duck, douse. 2 engage. SEE SYNONYMS FOR immerse ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR immerseSEE ANTONYMS FOR immerse ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for immerse1. See dip1. OTHER WORDS FROM immerseim·mers·i·ble, adjectivere·im·merse, verb (used with object), re·im·mersed, re·im·mers·ing.WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH immerseimmerge, immerse Words nearby immerseimmense, immensely, immensity, immensurable, immerge, immerse, immersed, immerser, immersion, immersion foot, immersion heater Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for immerseDrain immediately and immerse the beans in ice water to stop the cooking. The Barefoot Contessa’s Tasty Trip to Paris|Ina Garten|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST I felt like I wanted to just immerse myself in all things New York, and the Robert Moses story was like a magnet for me. ‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The upshot is to immerse oneself in a crash course on institutional racism and police brutality. The War on Drugs Is What Makes Thugs|John McWhorter|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Lanre Fehintola was a photojournalist determined to immerse himself in the lives of his subjects. Five Journalists Who Did Drugs for Work|Emily Shire|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You have to immerse yourself in the character as if you were in Peer Gynt or Long Day's Journey. New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’|Ross Wetzsteon|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Baptize means to immerse in, or wash with something, usually water. The World English Bible (WEB), The Old Testament, Complete|Various Drain a few of the slices at a time, dry them on a napkin; put them in a frying basket and immerse them in smoking-hot fat. The Century Cook Book|Mary Ronald If we immerse, for example, the wire framework of a cube in our mass of oil, the oil will everywhere stick to the wire framework. Popular scientific lectures|Ernst Mach Toast it until of a delicate brown, and then (if the patient be not inclined to fever) immerse it in boiled milk and butter. The Ladies Book of Useful Information|Anonymous To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot. The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
British Dictionary definitions for immerse
verb (tr)(often foll by in) to plunge or dip into liquid (often passive often foll by in) to involve deeply; engrossto immerse oneself in a problem to baptize by immersion Derived forms of immerseimmersible, adjectiveWord Origin for immerseC17: from Latin immergere, from im- (in) + mergere to dip Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to immersedrench, bathe, soak, steep, saturate, drown, baptize, bury, engross, involve, engage, absorb, dunk, souse, plunge, slop, christen, sprinkle, asperse, merge |