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Definition of Submarine
1. Adjective. Beneath the surface of the sea.
2. Verb. Move forward or under in a sliding motion. "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"
3. Noun. A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes.
Specialized synonyms: Attack Submarine, Auxiliary Research Submarine, Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, Nautilus, Nuclear Submarine, Nuclear-powered Submarine
Terms within: Conning Tower, Escape Hatch, Periscope, Breather, Schnorchel, Schnorkel, Snorkel, Snorkel Breather, Asdic, Echo Sounder, Sonar
Generic synonyms: Submersible, Submersible Warship
4. Verb. Throw with an underhand motion.
5. Noun. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Sandwich
6. Verb. Bring down with a blow to the legs.
Generic synonyms: Cut Down, Down, Knock Down, Pull Down, Push Down
7. Verb. Control a submarine.
8. Verb. Attack by submarine. "The Germans submarined the Allies"
Definition of Submarine
1. a. Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.
2. n. A submarine plant or animal.
3. n. A submarine boat; esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. submergible submarine when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and submersible submarine when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.
Definition of Submarine
1. Adjective. Under water. ¹
2. Adjective. Of something hidden or undisclosed, e.g. '''submarine patent'''. ¹
3. Noun. A boat that can go underwater. ¹
4. Noun. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread. ¹
5. Noun. (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion. ¹
6. Verb. To operate or serve on a submarine ¹
7. Verb. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Submarine
1. [v -RINED, -RINING, -RINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Submarine
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