1.  immerse(v = verb.contact) plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentences: They immerse the object in the water

2.  immerse(v = verb.cognition) absorb, engross, engulf, plunge, soak up, steep - devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
is one way to center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet
Derived form noun immersion₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP

3.  immerse(v = verb.contact) bury, eat up, swallow, swallow up - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
is one way to close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
Sample sentences: Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

4.  immerse(v = verb.cognition) plunge - cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
Derived form noun immersion₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

   Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

1.  To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. [1913 Webster]
"Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave." [1913 Webster]
"More than a mile immersed within the wood." [1913 Webster]

2.  To baptize by immersion. [1913 Webster]

3.  To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. [1913 Webster]
"The queen immersed in such a trance." [1913 Webster]
"It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this." [1913 Webster]

immerse, v.tr.
1 a (often foll. by in) dip, plunge. b cause (a person) to be completely under water.
2 (often refl. or in passive; often foll. by in) absorb or involve deeply.
3 (often foll. by in) bury, embed.

Etymology:
L immergere (as IN-(2), mergere mers- dip)

VB  insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

VB  plunge, dip, souse, duck, dive, plump, take a plunge, take a header, make a plunge, bathe, submerge, submerse, immerse, douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom, get out of one's depth, go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon, founder, welter, wallow.

VB  be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.