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# plunge

«plunge» in Mova's school 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#m1)

2) To plunge something into something is to push it in quickly and hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#m2)

3) To plunge (of prices, temperatures or numbers) is to fall suddenly by a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#m3)

4) To plunge into an activity is to start it eagerly and with energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#m4)

5) (noun) A plunge is a sudden jump or fall, or a quick swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#m5)

6) To be plunged into darkness is to lose all light suddenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#m6)

### sense in the 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

- The diver plunged into the deep pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x1)
- The lights went out and we were plunged into darkness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x2)
- Temperatures plunged to minus ten overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x3)
- She plunged her hands into the warm soapy water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x4)
- After weeks of thinking, Dad took the plunge and bought a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x5)
- The class plunged into the art project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x6)
- The price of the toy plunged after Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x7)
- The graph shows a sharp plunge in sales in March. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x8)
- Once again the road was plunged in darkness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/#x9)

### 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

- [Kingfishers plunge in beak first, and Japan's bullet train was given a kingfisher-shaped nose to make it quieter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/155-the-amazon-river/16/)
- [Duikers are small forest antelopes whose name means diver in Afrikaans, because they plunge into thick bushes to escape.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/159-the-congo-rainforest/17/)
- [A great grey owl can plunge through deep snow to grab a vole it has only heard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/302-how-owls-work-silent-wings-turning-heads-pellets-and-owl-myths/9/)
- [Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.230/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plunge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plunge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.