submerge
See also: submergé
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Verb edit
submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- The submarine submerged in the water.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- Synonym: immerse
- In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.
- (transitive, figurative, in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
- 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24:
- 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."
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to immerse (intransitive)
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to immerse (transitive)
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References edit
- “submerge”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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submerge
- inflection of submerger:
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submerge
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submerge
- inflection of submergir: