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Verb: immerse  i'murs
  1. Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    "The huge waves immersed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter";
    - swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
     
  2. Thrust or throw into
    "Immerse yourself in hot water";
    - plunge
     
  3. Cause to be immersed
    "She immersed the tea bag in hot water";
    - plunge
     
  4. Devote (oneself) fully to
    "He immersed himself into his studies";
    - steep, plunge, engross, absorb

Derived forms: immersed, immerses, immersing

Type of: alter, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], change, close in, concentrate, enclose, focus, inclose, modify, penetrate, pierce, pore, pore over, rivet, shut in

Encyclopedia: Immerse