immerse

immerse is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.
2. transitive verb. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
3. transitive verb. To baptize by immersion.
4. transitive verb. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
5. verb. devote (oneself) fully to

   "He immersed himself into his studies"

   Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, steep

6. verb. cause to be immersed

   "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

   Synonyms: plunge

7. verb. thrust or throw into

   "Immerse yourself in hot water"

   Synonyms: plunge

8. verb. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

   "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

   Synonyms: bury, swallow

Synonyms

absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, steep, bury, swallow

Common word forms

immersed, immerses, immersing, immersement

Words from these letters

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