Immersed definition

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The definition of immersed is put into a liquid or involved in something completely.

An example of immersed is having dipped a sponge into a bath tub; immersed sponge.

An example of immersed is a writer working on a novel who doesn’t hear anything while working; immersed writer.

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Simple past tense and past participle of immerse.
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Plunged into or as if into a liquid.
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Baptized by immersion.
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(biol.) Embedded in another organ.
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(bot.) Growing completely under water.
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Immersed Sentence Examples

  • She leaned back and held her nose as she completely immersed herself.

  • He let go of all his worries and immersed himself fully in the moment.

  • If the rods are to be buffed they are immersed in large tanks of boiling water from 4 to 6 hours.

  • Immersed in cold water gelatin does not dissolve but swells up; it dissolves readily in hot water, forming, according to the quantity present, a thick jelly which solidifies to a hard mass on cooling (the " glue " of the woodworker), or a thin jelly (used in cookery).

  • The sailing ship is, as it were, immersed in two oceans, viz.

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