adj
Meaning 1
Immersed; buried; sunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
immerse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːs/
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General-American: /ɪˈmɜɹs/
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verb
Meaning 2
To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: submerge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To involve or engage deeply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To map into an immersion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
devote (oneself) fully to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He immersed himself into his studies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: steep, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
Narrower terms: drink in, drink
verb
Meaning 6
cause to be immersed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plunge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
thrust or throw into
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Immerse yourself in hot water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plunge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: penetrate, perforate
Narrower terms: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse, submerge, submerse, soak, sheathe
verb
Meaning 8
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: zhyt — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Bulgarian: потапям (potapjam) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Dutch: onderdompelen — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Esperanto: mergi — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Finnish: upottaa — to put under the surface of a liquid
- French: immerger — to put under the surface of a liquid
- German: eintauchen — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daupjan) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Hawaiian: hoʻoluʻu — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Hindi: डुबाना (ḍubānā) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Indonesian: menenggelamkan — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Irish: tum — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Italian: immergere — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Latin: mergō — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Malayalam: മുക്കുക (mukkuka) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Māori: rumaki — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Māori: whakaruku — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Māori: kōuru — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Polish: zanurzać — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Polish: zanurzyć — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Portuguese: imergir — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Portuguese: submergir — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Quechua: chinkaykuy — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Romanian: scufunda — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Russian: погружа́ть (pogružátʹ) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Russian: погрузи́ть (pogruzítʹ) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Russian: окуна́ть (okunátʹ) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Russian: окуну́ть (okunútʹ) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Sardinian: imbèrghere — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Spanish: inmergir — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Telugu: ముంచు (muñcu) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Urdu: ڈُبانا (ḍubānā) — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Vietnamese: nhúng — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Woiwurrung: gooroong-ki — to put under the surface of a liquid
- Albanian: zhyt — to involve deeply
- Bulgarian: въвличам (vǎvličam) — to involve deeply
- Bulgarian: забърквам (zabǎrkvam) — to involve deeply
- Dutch: opgaan — to involve deeply
- Finnish: uppoutua — to involve deeply
- Finnish: syventyä — to involve deeply
- French: immerger — to involve deeply
- German: vertiefen — to involve deeply
- Italian: immergersi — to involve deeply
- Malayalam: മുഴുകുക (muḻukuka) — to involve deeply
- Polish: absorbować — to involve deeply
- Polish: zaabsorbować — to involve deeply
- Romanian: se implica — to involve deeply
- Russian: погружа́ться (pogružátʹsja) — to involve deeply
- Russian: погрузи́ться (pogruzítʹsja) — to involve deeply
- Russian: уйти́ с голово́й (ujtí s golovój) — to involve deeply