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Meaning of plunged

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

plunged

Pronunciation:/plʌndʒd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.

    Example: to plunge the body into water

  2. To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.

    Example: to plunge a dagger into the breast;   to plunge a nation into war

  3. To baptize by immersion.

  4. To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.

    Example: he plunged into the river