plunge (oneself) into a subject

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• dive — /duyv/, v., dived or dove, dived, diving, n. v.i. 1. to plunge into water, esp. headfirst. 2. to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine. 3. to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets …   Universalium

• dive — [[t]daɪv[/t]] v. dived dove, dived, div•ing, 1) to plunge into water, esp. headfirst 2) to submerge, as a submarine 3) to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets[/ex] 4) aer. (of an airplane)… …   From formal English to slang

• dip — [dip] vt. dipped or occas.Now Rare dipt, dipping [ME dippen < OE dyppan, to immerse < Gmc * dup , to be deep: see DIMPLE] 1. to put into or under liquid for a moment and then quickly take out; immerse 2. to dye in this way 3. to clean… …   English World dictionary

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• Flaubert, Gustave — born Dec. 12, 1821, Rouen, France died May 8, 1880, Croisset French novelist. Flaubert abandoned law studies at age 22 for a life of writing. His masterpiece, Madame Bovary (1857), a sharply realistic portrayal of provincial bourgeois boredom and …   Universalium

• List of The Adventures of Tintin characters — The Adventures of Tintin sports a vast array of secondary and tertiary characters. The supporting characters Hergé created for his series The Adventures of Tintin have been cited as far more developed than the central character, each imbued with… …   Wikipedia

• dip — vb 1 Dip, immerse, submerge, duck, souse, dunk are comparable when meaning to plunge a person or thing into or as if into liquid. Dip implies a momentary or partial plunging into a liquid or a slight or cursory entrance into a subject {the priest …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• You shall not steal — is one of the Ten Commandments,[1] of the Torah (the Pentateuch), which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post Reformation scholars.[2] Though usually understood to prohibit the… …   Wikipedia

• Baptism — This article is about the Christian religious ceremony. For other uses, see Baptism (disambiguation). Baptism of Neophytes by Masaccio, 15th century, Brancacci Chapel, Florence.[ …   Wikipedia

• put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• dive — v. & n. v. (dived or US dove) 1 intr. plunge head first into water, esp. as a sport. 2 intr. a Aeron. (of an aircraft) plunge steeply downwards at speed. b Naut. (of a submarine) submerge. c (of a person) plunge downwards. 3 intr. (foll. by into) …   Useful english dictionary