Immerse
[ɪ'mɜːs] or [ɪ'mɝs]
Definition
(verb.) thrust or throw into; 'Immerse yourself in hot water'.
(verb.) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; 'The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter'.
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Definition
(a.) Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
(v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
(v. t.) To baptize by immersion.
(v. t.) To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Dip, plunge, immerge, submerge, overwhelm, douse, souse, duck.[2]. Involve, engage, absorb.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dip, plunge, sink, soak, steep, macerate, duck, submerge, drown, inundate,douse, overwhelm
ANT:Dry, drain, parch, ventilate, air
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Definition
v.t. to plunge into: to dip: to baptise by dipping the whole body: to engage deeply: to overwhelm.—adjs. Immers′able Immers′ible.—ns. Immer′sion act of immersing or plunging into: state of being dipped into: state of being deeply engaged; Immer′sionist.
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Examples
- To preserve meat immerse for twenty minutes in the hot solution, after which let it drain for one hour; then pack in a well-closed vessel. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A more sensational experiment is to substitute a tapering tin cup for the tube, then fill it with liquid air and immerse it in water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In order to employ the compound prepare a solution either in water, alcohol, or other suitable solvent and immerse in or impregnate with such solutions the organic substances to be operated upon. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Immerse the wood for a few hours in the first bath, then place it in the second, in which it will acquire a beautiful rose color. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A generator containing a strong solution of ammonia is connected by a pipe to an empty receiver immersed in cold water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But fabrics immersed in a bleaching powder solution do not lose their color as would naturally be expected. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the mixture was heated, the ammonia was driven over to the other end of the tube, immersed in a cold bath, and the ammonia gas became liquefied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She was immersed in thought, but not for long. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Down at the far end in a corner are a plain little table and chair, and here he is often to be found deeply immersed in a study of the many experiments that are being conducted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At No. 3 a tin dipper, which has been immersed in liquid air, has become so cold and crystalline that it breaks like glass when dropped. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- At No. 12 a tumbler of whiskey is frozen solid by immersing a tube containing liquid air in it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The simplest illustration of electro-metallic deposition is obtained by immersing a silver spoon and a strip of zinc into a solution of sulphate of copper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- To avoid cracking the vial by exposure to such sudden heat use a thin green glass vial and hold it in the steam for a few seconds before immersing it in the hot water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This style of heater will quickly heat a glass of water by simply immersing the heater in the water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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