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Verb immerse has 4 senses
- immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
--1 is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:
They immerse the object in the water
- steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up - engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
--2 is one way to concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
--3 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- plunge, immerse - cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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