immerse
immerse
/ɪˈmɜːs/
1 immerse somebody/something (in something) to put somebody/something into a liquid, especially so that they or it are completely covered
The seeds will swell when immersed in water.
If you burn or scald yourself, immediately immerse the affected part in cold water.
The specimen should be immersed in ethanol.
Trim the leaf ends from the aubergines and immerse them in a saucepan.
Collocations
adverb
preposition
in
2 to become or make somebody completely involved in something
immerse yourself in something She immersed herself in her work.
I immediately immersed myself in the task.
be immersed in something Clare and Phil were immersed in conversation in the corner.
Word Origin
early 17th cent.: from Latin immers- ‘dipped into’, from the verb immergere, from in- ‘in’ + mergere ‘to dip’.