to immerse
9
4.2
- verb
- /ɪˈmɜrs/
:
sumergir en
- I'm seven times world champion surfer and chair of Surfing Australia, and I completely understand that the minute I immerse myself in the water, I'm immersing myself into their environment, their domain, and you have to accept that they're a predator.
- immersed in water
- immersed in liquid
- immersed in nitrogen
That's the first thing, OK, Immersing yourself in cold water.
- That's the first thing, OK, Immersing yourself in cold water.
- It's like a cold tub a person immerses in.
- I mean, obviously cold shower somewhere in between being out outside in the air, cold air versus being immersed up to the neck.
- And in this instance, basically being able to identify the surface of the oil drop from the water in which it is immersed.
- You also weigh less because you are immersed in a fluid called air.
- So what you can do is you can gradually immerse your particle into more and more dilute systems and see what is the limiting behavior in that sense.
- These are the things object immersed in a fluid, up thrust from the fluid, down thrust or weight from the object.
- It doesn't need to be immersed in the water using sunlight.
Examples
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Subjects from each group were tested with one leg immersed in a tub of hot water.
Academic text (1991) -
Then, the columns and the other three cylinders were immersed in a 3.5% salt solution at 40 degrees Celsius.
Academic text (2018) -
There is just enough room to immerse a body or two at a time.
Fiction book (2000) -
The water was so icy he had to immerse himself slowly and only up to the waist.
Fiction book (1993) -
You also weigh less because you are immersed in a fluid called air.
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The pads were then immersed in an ultrasonic bath for 2 hours.
Academic text (2018) -
The crystal is typically immersed in superfluid liquid helium at a temperature of 2 Kelvin.
Academic text (1995) -
To cook the pasta correctly, you must fully immerse it in boiling water for at least eight minutes.
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She decided to immerse her hands in the warm soapy water to wash the dishes.
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Before painting, be sure to immerse the brush in water to soften the bristles.
Synonyms
146
1.0
To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again
141
1.0
Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid
56
4.2
To move suddenly and energetically into something like water or a new activity
55
5.2
Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more
42
3.9
To put something completely under water or another liquid
34
3.0
Make someone or something completely wet with a lot of liquid
31
1.0
Cover completely with liquid, for example food in sauce
24
2.7
To dip something quickly into a liquid, often food
6
5.0
To put something completely under water or to become very involved in an activity
3
4.9
To put something briefly into a liquid
1
8.3
To make something take in liquid until it is very wet
1
7.3
To put something under the surface of water
1
8.8
To soak something completely in liquid
To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Submerged
Surface Forms
Morphology
immerse = merge (semi-transparent) = im + merse
The literal sense 'put into a liquid' aligns with the prefix meaning 'in' plus the combining form meaning 'dip/sink', but because 'merse' is not a standalone modern English word, full transparency for learners is limited.
Etymology
Immerse comes from a Latin verb immergere, with im- 'in' and mergere 'to dip', and shares its root with submerge. Picture dipping something fully into water — this is why to immerse an object is to put it completely into a liquid.