[
US
/ˌɪˈmɝs/
]
[ UK /ɪmˈɜːs/ ]
[ UK /ɪmˈɜːs/ ]
VERB
-
devote (oneself) fully to
He immersed himself into his studies -
thrust or throw into
Immerse yourself in hot water -
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter -
cause to be immersed
The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text
How To Use immerse In A Sentence
- I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
- Immersed in her ample lap, her adoring voice broadcasting stereophonically through her bosoms, I absorbed the sensationalistic stories and lush illustrations of baby Moses in his basket, later parting the very Red Sea. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- Immerse the plant for a few minutes.
- It likewise furthered the career of Mary Shelley as "The Author of Frankenstein," the rubric under which she continued her anonymous publication with a second novel immersed in medieval Italian history, Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823). Biography
- I would argue that this "mire" in which we have so willingly immersed ourselves results from our refusal to use labels. What is an Atheist?
- He would immerse himself in the sacerdotal labor of translation. THE TATTOOED GIRL
- After his retirement he immersed himself in various charitable activities.
- If, on examination, all is found to be going on well, reimmerse the cathodes, and continue plating till they appear of a dull yellowish brown (this will occur in about four minutes), then remove them, rinse and scratch-brush them, and replace them in the bath. On Laboratory Arts
- When the Moon is fully immersed in the umbra a total lunar eclipse occurs.
- I know that some academics regard conferences as the one or two times a year that they're fully able to reimmerse themselves in their field and reconnect with their scholarly community--and that's probably true, to some degree, for all of us, whether we're at research institutions that support colloquia and reading groups in our field or whether we're at teaching institutions with insanely heavy teaching loads and rarely publish. Archive 2007-02-01