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Immerse

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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Verb group 10

Absorb 84% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Absorb 84% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Engross 84% connected

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

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Engross 84% connected

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

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Engulf 84% connected

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Engulf 84% connected

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Plunge 84% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Plunge 84% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Steep 84% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

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Steep 84% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

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Broader term 13

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Concentrate 76% connected

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Penetrate 76% connected

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

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Perforate 76% connected

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surfa…

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Pore 76% connected

One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

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Rivet 76% connected

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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Manner of action 9

Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Douse 76% connected

To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Plunge 76% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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Sheathe 76% connected

To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

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Soak 76% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Souse 76% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

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Submerge 76% connected

To put under water; to plunge.

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Submerse 76% connected

Submersed.

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Derivationally related 6

Absorption 74% connected

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

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Absorption 74% connected

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

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Intentness 74% connected

The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

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Intentness 74% connected

The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

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Preoccupancy 74% connected

The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

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Preoccupancy 74% connected

The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

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Causes 5

Absorb 72% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engross 72% connected

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engulf 72% connected

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Plunge 72% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Steep 72% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

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Synonym 7

Absorb 92% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bury 92% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Engross 92% connected

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Engulf 92% connected

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Plunge 92% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Steep 92% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swallow 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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