plunge
verb/plʌndʒ/
/plʌndʒ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they plunge | /plʌndʒ/ /plʌndʒ/ |
| he / she / it plunges | /ˈplʌndʒɪz/ /ˈplʌndʒɪz/ |
| past simple plunged | /plʌndʒd/ /plʌndʒd/ |
| past participle plunged | /plʌndʒd/ /plʌndʒd/ |
| -ing form plunging | /ˈplʌndʒɪŋ/ /ˈplʌndʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move or make somebody/something move suddenly forwards and/or downwards
- + adv./prep. She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death.
- The train left the track and plunged down the embankment.
- plunge somebody/something + adv./prep. The earthquake plunged entire towns over the edge of the cliffs.
Extra Examples- He plunged from a tenth floor window.
- The car plunged headlong into the river.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- ahead
- back
- downwards/downward
- …
- down
- from
- into
- …
- plunge to your death
- [intransitive] (of prices, temperatures, etc.) to decrease suddenly and quickly synonym plummet
- Stock markets plunged at the news of the coup.
- This year profits plunged by 40 per cent.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a road, surface, etc.) to slope down steeply
- The track plunged down into the valley.
- [intransitive] to move up and down suddenly and violently
- The horse plunged and reared.
- (figurative) His heart plunged (= because of a strong emotion).
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French plungier ‘thrust down’, based on Latin plumbum ‘lead, plummet’.
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