immerse

Verb

• cause to be immersed
  • The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text
    

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
  • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
    

• devote (oneself) fully to
  • He immersed himself into his studies
    

• thrust or throw into
  • Immerse yourself in hot water
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  plunge , swallow , swallow up , bury , eat up , steep , engulf , engross , absorb , soak up