| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section IV. Motion | | 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
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| 310. Plunge. |
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| NOUN: | PLUNGE, dip, dive, nose dive [aviation], header [colloq.]; ducking &c. v.
SUBMERGENCE, submersion, immersion, engulfment [rare].
DIVER; diving bird, loon, auk, penguin, grebe, sea duck &c.
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| VERB: | PLUNGE, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a -plunge, - header [colloq.]; make a plunge; bathe (water) [See Water]; pitch.
SUBMERGE, submerse; immerse; douse or dowse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom; send to -Davy Jones’s locker, - feed the fishes.
FOUNDER, welter, wallow; get out of one’s depth; go to the bottom, go down like a stone.
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| ADJECTIVE: | PLUNGING &c. v.; submergible, submersible; soundable.
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