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- Dictionarysubmerge/səbˈməːdʒ/
verb
- 1. cause (something) to be under water: "houses had been flooded and cars submerged" Similar
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SUBMERGE definition: 1. to go below or make something go below the surface of the sea or a river or lake: 2. to cover…. Learn more.
The meaning of SUBMERGE is to put under water. How to use submerge in a sentence. to put under water; to cover or overflow with water; to make obscure or subordinate : suppress…
to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium. Synonyms: submerse. to cover or overflow with water; immerse. Synonyms: engulf, inundate, flood. to cover over; suppress; conceal; obscure; repress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.
SUBMERGE meaning: 1. to go below or make something go below the surface of the sea or a river or lake: 2. to cover…. Learn more.
[intransitive, transitive] to go under the surface of water or liquid; to put something or make something go under the surface of water or liquid. The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach. be submerged (by something) The fields had been submerged by floodwater.
When you go swimming, you submerge your body in water. If your head is out of the water, it is not submerged — it's just wet. To really soak a washcloth, you should submerge it in a basin of water. It is said that the word submerge was invented by William Shakespeare.
1. to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium. 2. to cover or overflow with water; immerse.