eintauchen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- delve verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- dip verb To lower something briefly into a liquid.
- dive verb To plunge headfirst into water.
- dunking noun The act of briefly submerging something, or someone, in a liquid.
- immerse verb To put something completely under the surface of a liquid.
- immersion noun The act of putting something, or oneself, completely into a liquid.
- plunge verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.
- steep adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.
Senses
eintauchen is used for these senses in English:
- delve (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
- dip (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- dive (intransitive, especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
- dunking The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.
- immerse (transitive) To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
- immersion The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
- plunge A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
- plunge (transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
delve — full definition
- verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- verb To dig into the ground.
dip — full definition
- verb To lower something briefly into a liquid.
- verb To drop slightly in level, value, or amount.
- noun A thick sauce for dunking food such as chips or vegetables.
- noun A brief swim.
- noun A slight downward slope or drop in a surface.