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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb submerge has 4 senses
- submerge(v = verb.motion) submerse - sink below the surface; go under or as if under water; Array is one way to go down, go under, settle, sink
- submerge(v = verb.contact) drown, overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" is one way to cover, spread over
- submerge(v = verb.contact) submerse - put under water; "submerge your head completely" is one way to immerse, plunge
- submerge(v = verb.change) deluge, inundate - fill or cover completely, usually with water; Array is one way to flood
Derived forms noun submergence1, adjective submergible1, noun submerging1, adjective submersible1, noun submersion1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun submergence1, adjective submergible1, noun submerging1, adjective submersible1, noun submersion2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived forms noun submergence1, adjective submergible1, noun submerging1, adjective submersible1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
submerge, v. t. [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.].
- To put under water; to plunge. [1913 Webster]
- To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. [1913 Webster]"I would thou didst,
So half my Egypt were submerged." [1913 Webster]
submerge, 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. [1913 Webster]
"Some say swallows submerge in ponds."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
submerge, v.
1 tr. a place under water; flood; inundate. b flood or inundate with work, problems, etc.
2 intr. (of a submarine, its crew, a diver, etc.) dive below the surface of water.
1 tr. a place under water; flood; inundate. b flood or inundate with work, problems, etc.
2 intr. (of a submarine, its crew, a diver, etc.) dive below the surface of water.
Idiom
the submerged tenth the supposed fraction of the population permanently living in poverty.
Derivative
submergence n. submergible adj. submersion n.
Etymology
L submergere (as SUB-, mergere mers- dip)
THESAURUS
submerge
baptize, break water, bury, camouflage, cave, cave in, cloak, conceal, decline, deluge, descend, dip, dive, douse, drench, droop, drown, duck, dunk, engulf, float, flood, flood negative, flood the tanks, flop, flop down, flow on, flump, flump down, founder, give way, go below, go down, go under, hide, immerge, immerse, impregnate, inundate, lapse, lower, merge, obscure, overflow, overwhelm, plop, plop down, plummet, plump, plunge, plunge in water, pour on, rain, rig for diving, sag, saturate, set, settle, settle down, shroud, sink, sink down, slouch, sluice, slump, slump down, soak, sound, souse, submerse, subside, surface, swag, swamp, veil, wash, wet, whelmROGET THESAURUS
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Destruction
VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.Plunge
VB plunge, dip, souse, duck, dive, plump, take a plunge, take a header, make a plunge, bathe, submerge, submerse, immerse, douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom, get out of one's depth, go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon, founder, welter, wallow.Water
VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.
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