immersing
present participle ofimmerse
immerse
verb
uk/ɪˈmɜːs/us/ɪˈmɝːs/immerse yourself insomething
tobecomecompletelyinvolvedin something:
She got somebooksout of thelibraryandimmersedherself inJewishhistoryandculture.
[T]formal
to put something or someonecompletelyunder thesurfaceof aliquid:
Theshellsshould beimmersedinboilingwaterfor twominutes.
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- enclosure
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
immersion
noun[CorU]uk/ɪˈmɜː.ʃən/us/ɪˈmɝː.ʃən/
Examplesofimmersing
immersing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
There is a mystical character to this dream-life of despair, a passiveimmersingof the self in the ' pure thought ' of essence.
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The game itself isimmersing, much like life itself isimmersing.
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And, of course, he did mean listen: that is to say, listen attentively to the progress of the music,immersingyourself in what happens.
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The seeds were first surface-disinfected byimmersingin 95% ethanol for 30 s and then rinsing five times in sterile distilled water.
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We attempted chemical removal of the chorion using bleach either by soaking or repeatedlyimmersingthe eggs in and out of solution.
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Sam worked us day and night,immersingus in lectures, films, and workshops.
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Colour development was stopped byimmersingthe slides in water.
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Immersingbranched surfaces in dimension three.
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Accumulation thus fulfils the all-important function ofimmersingthe viewer into the world picture of the diary writer and requiring him to interpret the material provided him.
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Ought we not to be thinking about how to get out of this financial morass and not aboutimmersingourselves deeper in it?
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By denying the existence of serious problems which constitute a menacing challenge to the stability of our society they are merelyimmersingthemselves in a fantasy world.
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Every now and then he would pause and kneel in the stream, partlyimmersinghis fore-hand, then would rise and walk slowly on up the stream.
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Immersingherself in folk music in this way, she gravitated towards writing her own songs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hippocrates encouraged his fellow healers to make use of salt water to heal various ailments byimmersingtheir patients in sea water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the left side, a large figure isimmersinga smaller man in a cauldron.
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- temporary installation
- temporary interruption
- temporary labour
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- temporary measure
- temporary nature
- temporary permit
- temporary phenomenon
- temporary position
- temporary provision
- temporary quarter
- temporary reduction
- temporary relief
- temporary removal
- temporary replacement
- temporary residence
- temporary resident
- temporary restriction
- temporary setback
- temporary settlement
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