Submerge

/səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To sink out of sight..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
3. (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
4. (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
5. (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.

Example Sentences

The submarine submerged in the water.

In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

On the day of RAIL 's site visit, in heavy weather, the scaffolding and decking that engineers stand on were submerged deep under choppy water, with work suspended. "We have to work around the tides," explained Project Director Alan Venables. "The wind pushes the tide up and the waves get larger. That causes some problems with the scaffold."

Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

Mrs Dibble made for the kitchen, stumping violently with her crutches and heaving her bulk along with the obvious determination to submerge her wrongs by resorting to the gin-bottle.

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Word Forms

• submerges
• submerging
• submerged

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