Definizione monolingua

plunge

plunge (third-person singular simple present plunges, present participle plunging, simple past and past participle plunged)

1. (transitive) to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse;

   to plunge the body into water

2. (figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action

   to plunge a dagger into the breast

   to plunge a nation into war

3. (transitive, obsolete) to baptize by immersion
4. (intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge ones self

   he plunged into the river

5. (figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition

   to plunge into debt

   to plunge into controversy

   • 1989, David Gale, The Theory of Linear Economic Models:

     Before asking the reader to plunge into the subject of linear models I shall, in accordance with a sensible custom, attempt in the few pages which follow to give some idea of what this subject is.

6. (intransitive) to pitch or throw ones self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does
7. (intransitive, slang) to bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations
8. (intransitive, obsolete) to entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle)
9. (intransitive, obsolete) to overwhelm, overpower

plunge (plural plunges)

1. the act of plunging or submerging
2. a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)

   to take the water with a plunge

   plunge in the sea

3. (figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing ones self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
4. (slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
5. (obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty

Definizione dizionario plunge

	immergere
	to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse

	tuffarsi
	To jump into water.

	immersione
	The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge

affondare

bagnare

cadere

caduta

immergersi

mi tuffo

piombare

sommergere

tuffare

tuffo

Altri significati:

(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action

(transitive, obsolete) to baptize by immersion

(obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty

(intransitive, obsolete) to entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle)

(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge one's self

the act of plunging or submerging

(slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation

(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition

The act of jumping into water.

(intransitive, obsolete) to overwhelm, overpower

a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)

(intransitive, slang) to bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations

(figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse

plunge (in grief)

(intransitive) to pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does

(transitive) to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse;