Meaning of SUBMERGE
| Pronunciation: | | sub'murj
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- [v] fill or cover completely, usually with water
- [v] cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
- [v] put under water; "submerge your head completely"
- [v] sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
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| | Synonyms: | | deluge, drown, inundate, overwhelm, submerse, submerse |
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| | See Also: | | cover, dive, drown out, flood, go down, go under, immerse, plunge, settle, sink, spread over | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sub*merge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Submerged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Submerging}.] [L. submergere, submersum; sub under +
mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See {Merge}.]
1. To put under water; to plunge.
2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to
drown.
I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged.
--Shak.
\Sub*merge"\, v. i.
To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered,
as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely
included.
Some say swallows submerge in ponds. --Gent. Mag.
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| | Definition: | | To sink or plunge beneath the surface of water. |
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