plunge

«plunge» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to jump or fall suddenly and steeply, especially into water — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (plunge, plunges, plunged, plunging); noun (a plunge, plunges)

meaning for a pupil

1) To plunge is to jump or fall suddenly and steeply, especially into water. tree →

2) To plunge something into something is to push it in quickly and hard. tree →

3) To plunge (of prices, temperatures or numbers) is to fall suddenly by a lot. tree →

4) To plunge into an activity is to start it eagerly and with energy. tree →

5) (noun) A plunge is a sudden jump or fall, or a quick swim. tree →

6) To be plunged into darkness is to lose all light suddenly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Job pictures God as throwing him into a pit of filth, so that even his clothes seem to hate him. Interpretation: Job's cry is seen as honest anguish; he feels God's hand is heavy even though he is innocent. In the primary lessons: In stories, plunge makes action dramatic: «the car plunged off the cliff», «the room was plunged into darkness». In maths, science and news, temperatures or prices «plunge» means they drop fast, often shown on a graph. In everyday life, «take the plunge» means finally do something brave or new. Common phrases: «take the plunge», «plunge into», «plunged into darkness», «temperatures plunged», «plunge pool».

examples

• Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. (Writings JOB.9.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• The diver plunged into the deep pool. tree →
• The lights went out and we were plunged into darkness. tree →
• Temperatures plunged to minus ten overnight. tree →
• She plunged her hands into the warm soapy water. tree →
• After weeks of thinking, Dad took the plunge and bought a dog. tree →
• The class plunged into the art project. tree →
• The price of the toy plunged after Christmas. tree →
• The graph shows a sharp plunge in sales in March. tree →
• Once again the road was plunged in darkness. tree →

note

Regular verb: plunged, plunging. A «plunger» is a tool for unblocking sinks and toilets. «Plunging» can describe a steep drop (a plunging cliff). In maths, a «plunge» means a sharp decrease, much bigger than a small dip.

In the corpora

• Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
• Kingfishers plunge in beak first, and Japan's bullet train was given a kingfisher-shaped nose to make it quieter.
• Duikers are small forest antelopes whose name means diver in Afrikaans, because they plunge into thick bushes to escape.
• A great grey owl can plunge through deep snow to grab a vole it has only heard.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plunge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.