See plunge on Wiktionary
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"word": "plunge bath"
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"word": "plunge bra"
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"word": "plunge into"
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"word": "plunge pool"
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"word": "plunge waterfall"
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"word": "polar bear plunge"
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"word": "take the plunge"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.",
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{
"text": "to plunge the body into water",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 53:",
"text": "\"Most of them don't wash. Those who do usually plunge their head into some brook or rill, if there happens to be one about.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse."
],
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"(transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse."
],
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
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"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
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"roman": "potapjam",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "потапям"
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"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "submergir"
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
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"word": "ponořit se"
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "syöstä"
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "plonger"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "eintauchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "tauchen"
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"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "untertauchen"
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{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "senken"
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{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "versenken"
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"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "plunjar"
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "tum"
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"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "immergere"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "mergō"
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{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ğute raftan",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "غوطه رفتن"
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{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "afunda"
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{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pogružatʹ",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "погружать"
},
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"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "ponoriť"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "pohrúžiť"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "vnoriť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "sumergir"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "zambullir"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse",
"word": "zabullir"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to plunge a dagger into the breast",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to plunge a nation into war",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "the city was plunged into darkness",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-05-22:",
"text": "Jon isn’t lying when he tells her she will always be his queen, right before plunging a knife into her. He genuinely swore obedience, and sees himself as a traitor when he commits the deeds.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action."
],
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"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hvǎrljam",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "хвърлям"
},
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"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "precipitar"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "plonger"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "précipiter"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "stoßen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "stürzen"
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{
"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "stecken"
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{
"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "treiben"
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"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "precipitar"
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"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "zaboriť"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "zabodnúť"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "precipitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 50 3 2 33 4 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action",
"word": "clavar"
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"To baptize by immersion."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion."
],
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},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "he plunged into the river",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself."
],
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[
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"submerge"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself."
],
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gmurkam se",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "гмуркам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potapjam se",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "потапям се"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "submergir-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ponořit se"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pohroužit se"
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{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "potopit se"
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{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "plonĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "plonger"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "se plonger"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "stürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "untertauchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "abtauchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "tauchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "eintauchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "abstürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "herabstürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "hineinfallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "hineinstürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "herabfallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "tum"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "urupou"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dalmak",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "طالمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nyrjátʹ",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "ныря́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "majjati",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "मज्जति"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "ponoriť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "vnoriť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "potopiť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "sumergirse"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "zambullirse"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "zabullirse"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 2 1 69 8 3 3 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself",
"word": "dalmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to plunge into debt",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to plunge into controversy",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "profits plunge 90%",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:",
"text": "The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 August 17, Chris Isidore, “Target profit plunges 90% as inflation-weary shoppers pull back”, in CNN:",
"text": "Target reported profit plunged 90% in the second quarter, falling far short of expectations, as inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending on nonessential items.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition."
],
"id": "en-plunge-en-verb-fEsQUZIk",
"links": [
[
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"fall"
],
[
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 25 1 7 52 5 2 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hvǎrljam se",
"sense": "(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition",
"word": "хвърлям се"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 25 1 7 52 5 2 2 2",
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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"(dated) A swimming pool."
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"(slang) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation."
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "скок във вода"
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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"feminine"
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"word": "immersió"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
"word": "sukellus"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "plongée"
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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"word": "Eintauchen"
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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"sense": "The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge",
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