n. Function: verb
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Synonyms: THRUST 2, dig, drive, ram, run, sink, stab, stick
2 to thrust or cast oneself or something into or as if into deep water FF1C; plunged into the crowd FF1E;
Synonyms: burst, dive, drive, lunge, pitch, ||splunge; compare RUSH 1
Related Words: dip, immerse, submerge; plump, plunk; propel, push, shove, thrust; boil, charge, fling, rush, tear
Idioms: plunge headlong
Contrasted Words: ease, glide, slide, slip
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Synonyms: FALL 2, drop, go down, keel (over), pitch, slump, topple, tumble
Idioms: take a plunge
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Synonyms: PLUMMET , dip, drop, fall, nose-dive, skid, tumble
Idioms: drop like a rock, take a downward plunge