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plunge(1) (iou)



plunge noun. LME.
[from the verb.]
A place for plunging; a deep pool, a depth. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
b. In full plunge bed. A flower-bed, often containing peat or other moisture-retaining materials, in which plants in pots can be sunk. M20.
c. In full plunge pool. A cold-water pool forming part of the equipment of a sauna. L20.
Detroit Free Press A hot sauna and then you're thrown into a cold plunge.
A sudden plunging movement. L15.
R. Baden-Powell By directing the animal's plunges judiciously I got him..on terra firma.
The point at which a person is plunged into trouble, difficulty, or danger; a critical situation, a strait; a dilemma. obsolete exc. dial. E16.
H. Cholmley I was in the greatest plunge for money. A. Lovell Demanding payment..put the Prince to a great plunge.
An act of plunging; a sudden downward movement into or through water etc.; a dive, a dip. E18.
take the plunge colloq. take a decisive first step, commit oneself irrevocably to a course of action.
R. L. Stevenson The plunge of our anchor sent up clouds of birds. fig.: A. France Each plunge into psychotherapy helped me to feel much more positive.
The breaking of a wave. Also (Scot.), a heavy downpour of rain. L18.
Longfellow The plunge of the implacable seas.
A reckless bet. slang. L19.
Geology. The angle a fold axis or linear feature makes with the horizontal, measured in a vertical plane. E20.
Comb.: plunge basin Physical Geography a deep basin excavated at the foot of a waterfall by the action of the falling water; plunge bath a large and deep bath in which the whole body can be immersed; plunge bed: see sense 1b above; plunge-churn (now rare) a churn consisting of an upright wooden cask in which a plunger is worked up and down; plunge cut Engineering a cut made by plunge grinding; plunge-cut grinding = plunge grinding below; plunge grinding Engineering grinding by means of a wheel with no traverse of the work; plunge cutting the action of making a plunge cut; plunge neckline a low-cut neckline; plunge pool (a) Physical Geography (the water in) a plunge basin; (b) see sense 1c above.