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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bribe, dip, douse, dunk, milksop, saturate, soak, steep, weakling, wet |
| Main Entry: | slam dunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a forceful basketball shot |
| Synonyms: | dunk, dunk shot, jam, stuff shot |
| Main Entry: | header |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plunge |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose-dive, nosedive, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, venture |
| Notes: | a header is a piece of text in the top margin of a page and a footer is such in the bottom margin |
| Main Entry: | immerge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip |
| Synonyms: | bail, baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, heap, immerse, irrigate, ladle, lave, load, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, scoop, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nosedive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plunge |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose-dive, pitch, spill, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, tumble, venture |
| Main Entry: | submerse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck*, dunk, immerge, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, wash, water, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Plunge. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking; diver.
-verbs
plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe (water)., submerge, submerse; immerse; douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom., get out of one's depth; go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon; founder, welter, wallow.
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| Antonyms: | leap |
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