Submerge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Submerge is a verb meaning (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
Meaning
(intransitive) To sink out of sight.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
- (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.
Example Sentences
The submarine submerged in the water.
Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.
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.
Word Forms
- submerges
- submerging
- submerged
Synonyms for submerge
Depending on context, synonyms include immerse, inundate, overwhelm, deluge, drown.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inundate, drown, deluge, overwhelm, sink, flood.
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