immerse
About 0.59 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
- verb To involve or engage deeply.
The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
- verb To map into an immersion.
- adjective Immersed; buried; sunk.
Similar words
plunge engulf absorb bury steep swallow up eat up swallow engross sink
Often followed by
the themselves himself in yourself myself it ourselves them herself
Word family
immersed immerses immersing
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