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plonge

plonge verb: to cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs. Also the obsolete spelling of plunge.

Verb

plonge (third-person singular simple present plonges, present participle plonging, simple past and past participle plonged)

  1. (UK, obsolete, transitive) To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.

Also used as

plonge is also the obsolete spelling of plunge.

Forms of plonge

Verb
third-person singular presentplonges
present participleplonging
past participleplonged
pastplonged
Noun
pluralplonges

Origin of plonge

See plunge.

Words formed from plonge

Phrases with plonge

Questions about plonge

What does plonge mean?
Plonge means to cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.
What part of speech is plonge?
Plonge is a verb.
What is the past tense of plonge?
The past tense of plonge is plonged.

Words near plonge in the dictionary

  1. plombir
  2. Plombières-lès-Dijon
  3. plomestane
  4. plompies
  5. plompy
  6. plonge
  7. plonge leather
  8. plonge leathers
  9. plonged
  10. plonges
  11. plonging

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