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Definition of Submerge
1. Verb. Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water.
Specialized synonyms: Dive
Generic synonyms: Go Down, Go Under, Settle, Sink
Derivative terms: Submergence, Submergible, Submerging, Submersible, Submersion, Submersion
2. Verb. Cover completely or make imperceptible. "The noise drowned out her speech"
3. Verb. Put under water. "Submerge your head completely"
Generic synonyms: Immerse, Plunge
Derivative terms: Submergence, Submergible, Submerging, Submersible, Submersion, Submersion, Submersion
4. Verb. Fill or cover completely, usually with water. "The swollen rivers submerge the area with water"
Generic synonyms: Flood
Derivative terms: Deluge, Deluge, Inundation, Submergence, Submergible, Submerging, Submersible
Definition of Submerge
1. v. t. To put under water; to plunge.
2. 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.
Definition of Submerge
1. Verb. (intransitive) To sink out of sight. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To be engulfed in or with something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Submerge
1. to place below the surface of a liquid [v -MERGED, -MERGING, -MERGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Submerge
Literary usage of Submerge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"submerge, va I. Immerse, plunge, sink, submerse. 2. Be merged, be incorporated,
... See submerge. Submission, n. I. Surrender, cession, yielding. 2. ..."
2. The Star Book on Christian Baptism by Edward Thurston Hiscox (1876)
"DONNEGAN says: " To immerse repeatedly into liquid, to submerge, ... STEVENS says: "
To merge or immerse, to submerge, or bury in the water. ..."
3. The Theological Review: A Quarterly Journal of Religious Thought and Life by Charles Beard (1867)
"... which every soul must cross, submerge my soul before I have beheld the glory
of Thy divinity. O God, most righteous Judge, who wilt judge mortals in ..."
4. Information Annual (1916)
"The submersible was compelled to abandon its attack and to submerge. October Routing
German squadrons sent to aid shipping in the Baltic, British submarines ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"... tranquillize. arrogant, opinionated, egotistical, consequential and cover,
swallow up, whelm, submerge, sink, vanquish, conquer, defeat. Over-Wise, a. ..."
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