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# immerse

verb (immerse, immerses, immersed, immersing)

«immerse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To put something completely under water or another liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#m1)
2. To become fully involved in something, so you think of nothing else, as in «immersed in a book». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science experiments: immerse an object in water to see if it floats or sinks or to measure its volume by how much the water rises. In everyday life and stories: «She was immersed in her game.» Language learning by immersion means living among the language. Phrases: immerse in, fully immersed.

### Examples

- Immerse the egg in the salty water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#x1)
- Do not immerse the kettle in water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#x2)
- He was so immersed in his book he missed the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#x3)
- Immerse the cube and read the new water level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#x4)
- We were immersed in the noise of the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#x5)
- Pupils immerse themselves in the Viking topic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: immersion (also an «immersion heater» for hot water in the UK). In maths and science, immersing a solid makes the water rise by the volume of the solid — that is how to find the volume of odd shapes. Safety: never immerse electric things in water.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «immerse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immerse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«immerse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/immerse.html) on Mova free.