plunge
11plunge — [plunj] vt. plunged, plunging [ME plungen < OFr plongier < VL * plumbicare < L plumbum, LEAD2: see PLUMB] to thrust, throw, or force suddenly (into a liquid, hole, condition, etc.) [to plunge an oar into the water, to plunge a country… …
12plunge — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. plungier (mid 12c.), from V.L. *plumbicare to heave the lead, from L. plumbum lead (see PLUMB (Cf. plumb) (n.)). Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Related: Plunged;… …
13plunge — [n] quick drop; enthusiastic attempt belly flop*, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose dive, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, venture; concepts 100,150,152,181,194 Ant. ascent, increase, rise plunge… …
14plunge — index decline, depress, risk, speculate (chance), venture Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15plunge in — index pierce (lance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16Plungė — Plùngė dkt …
17plunge — ▪ I. plunge plunge 1 [plʌndʒ] verb [intransitive, transitive] JOURNALISM to suddenly and quickly go down in value or amount; = PLUMMET: • Stock prices plunged again yesterday. • The company s shares plunged 33% in a single day …
18plunge — plunge1 [plʌndʒ] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plongier, from Vulgar Latin plumbicare, from Latin plumbum lead ] 1.) [I,T always + adverb/preposition] to move, fall, or be thrown suddenly forwards or downwards plunge off/into etc ▪… …
19Plungė — Infobox Settlement name = Plungė nickname = settlement type = City pushpin pushpin label position = pushpin map caption =Location of Plungė image shield = Plunge COA.gif latd=55|latm=55|lats=|latNS=N|longd=21|longm=51|longs=|longEW=E coordinates… …
20plunge — I n. risk (colloq.) to take the plunge II v. 1) (d; intr.) ( to throw oneself ) to plunge from; to (to plunge to one s death from a cliff) 2) (d; intr.) ( to dive ); ( to rush ) to plunge into (to plunge into the water; to plunge into war) 3) (d; …
