Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plunge
Participle: plunged
Gerund: plunging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | plunge |
| you | plunge |
| he;she;it | plunges |
| we | plunge |
| you | plunge |
| they | plunge |
Perfect
| I | have plunged |
| you | have plunged |
| he;she;it | has plunged |
| we | have plunged |
| you | have plunged |
| they | have plunged |
Past
| I | plunged |
| you | plunged |
| he;she;it | plunged |
| we | plunged |
| you | plunged |
| they | plunged |
Pluperfect
| I | had plunged |
| you | had plunged |
| he;she;it | had plunged |
| we | had plunged |
| you | had plunged |
| they | had plunged |
Future
| I | will plunge |
| you | will plunge |
| he;she;it | will plunge |
| we | will plunge |
| you | will plunge |
| they | will plunge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have plunged |
| you | will have plunged |
| he;she;it | will have plunged |
| we | will have plunged |
| you | will have plunged |
| they | will have plunged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plunge |
| you | plunge |
| he;she;it | plunge |
| we | plunge |
| you | plunge |
| they | plunge |
Perfect
| I | have plunged |
| you | have plunged |
| he;she;it | have plunged |
| we | have plunged |
| you | have plunged |
| they | have plunged |
Imperfect
| I | plunged |
| you | plunged |
| he;she;it | plunged |
| we | plunged |
| you | plunged |
| they | plunged |
Pluperfect
| I | had plunged |
| you | had plunged |
| he;she;it | had plunged |
| we | had plunged |
| you | had plunged |
| they | had plunged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plunge |
| you | would plunge |
| he;she;it | would plunge |
| we | would plunge |
| you | would plunge |
| they | would plunge |
Perfect
| I | would have plunged |
| you | would have plunged |
| he;she;it | would have plunged |
| we | would have plunged |
| you | would have plunged |
| they | would have plunged |
Imperative
| you | plunge |
| we | Let's plunge |
| you | plunge |
Verbs conjugated like 'plunge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plunge'
blunge,
lunge,
plonge,
bludge,
cludge,
emplunge,
emunge,
flange,
gunge,
implunge,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1380, from O.Fr.
plungier (c.1140), from V.L.
*plumbicare "to heave the lead," from L.
plumbum "lead." Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Fig. use in
take the plunge "commit oneself" is from 1845.
Plunger as a mechanism is from 1777.
Plunging neckline attested from 1949.
2. 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. See: Old French '
plongier'.
Verbs referencing "plunge"
Esperanto
plonĝi.
Sample Sentences
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It is the third morning. I am awakened out of my sleep by a dismal shriek from my wife, who demands to know whether there 's any danger. I rouse myself, and look out of bed. The water-jug is plunging and leaping like a lively dolphin; all the smaller articles are afloat, except my shoes, which are stranded on a carpet-bag, high and dry, like a couple of coal-barges. Suddenly I see them spring [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and people leaning from their doors and windows, and boys flying kites and playing marbles, and men smoking, and women talking, and children crawling, and pigs burrowing, and unaccustomed horses plunging and rearing, close to the very rails—there—on, on, on—tears the mad dragon of an engine with its train of cars; scattering in all directions a shower of burning sparks from its wood fire; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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These bridges are of wood, have no parapet, and are only just wide enough for the passage of the trains; which, in the event of the smallest accident, wound inevitably be plunged into the river. They are startling contrivances, and are most agreeable when passed.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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BLACK DRIVER (to the horses). ‘Ho!’ Horses plunge, and splash the black driver.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] enjoyed at the time, and look back upon with great pleasure. Even the running up, bare-necked, at five o’clock in the morning, from the tainted cabin to the dirty deck; scooping up the icy water, plunging one 's head into it, and drawing it out, all fresh and glowing with the cold; was a good thing. The fast, brisk walk upon the towing-path, between that time and breakfast, when every vein and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] revolutions in the water, when, by some sudden movement, the little one suddenly lost her balance and fell sheer over the side of the boat into the water. Her father, scarce knowing what he did, was plunging in after her, but was held back by some behind him, who saw that more efficient aid had followed his child.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in the motion of the splendid ship, as overshadowed by her mass of sails, she rode at a furious pace upon the waves, which filled one with an indescribable sense of pride and exultation. As she plunged into a foaming valley, how I loved to see the green waves, bordered deep with white, come rushing on astern, to buoy her upward at their pleasure, and curl about her as she stooped again, but always [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The diversion accomplished the purpose. Emmeline did not faint, and succeeded in plunging, with Cassy, into a part of the labyrinth of swamp, so deep and dark that it was perfectly hopeless for Legree to think of following them, without assistance.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)