unplunge
unplunge verb: to plunge back out of something; to emerge suddenly.
Verb
unplunge (third-person singular simple present unplunges, present participle unplunging, simple past and past participle unplunged)
- To plunge back out of something; to emerge suddenly.
- After that he plunges into a dark-room to develop the picture, unplunges indefatigably into the sunlight to print it, enlarge it, reduce it, stick it in, unstick it, stick it in straight, unstick himself, […]1931, Walter Carruthers Sellar, Robert Julian Yeatman, 1066 and All That: And Now All This, page 107
- The crucial image for Cocteau's oeuvre of the poet unplunging out of the mirror in Le sang d'un poète (1930) has its origins in this very poem.2013, Christophe Wall-Romana, Cinepoetry: Imaginary Cinemas in French Poetry
Forms of unplunge
| third-person singular present | unplunges |
|---|---|
| present participle | unplunging |
| past participle | unplunged |
| past | unplunged |
Origin of unplunge
From un- + plunge.
Questions about unplunge
- What does unplunge mean?
- Unplunge means to plunge back out of something; to emerge suddenly.
- What part of speech is unplunge?
- Unplunge is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unplunge?
- The past tense of unplunge is unplunged.
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