Antonyms for plunge

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : pluhnj

Phonetic Transcription : plʌndʒ

Definition of plunge

Origin : late 14c., "to put or thrust violently into," also intransitive, from Old French plongier "plunge, sink into; plunge into, dive in" (mid-12c., Modern French plonger), from Vulgar Latin *plumbicare "to heave the lead," from Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Related: Plunged; plunging. Plunging neckline attested from 1949.

noun quick drop; enthusiastic attempt
verb dive or fall fast

Example sentences :

"I knew he'd plunge," he said, taking the chair proffered him, near Shepler's desk.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Now, she quickened her pace, anxious for the plunge that should set the term to sorrow.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

She lay looking at me like a deer that I had shot, waiting for me to plunge in the knife.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

And if you have no weapon take my knife and plunge it into this sad heart, and let me die!
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

We might dine early, and plunge into the desert later, when the moon was high.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

My departure terrified him, and the wind caused him to plunge from right to left.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

I did not ask the cause of the plunge; the two little mules told me that.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

Missy gave a plunge, turned round on her hind-legs, and tore from the place.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

One moment of heedless inconsideration may plunge thee in years of calamity.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

I am a word, with meanings many; To plunge, is just as good as any.
Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various

Synonyms for plunge

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