Definition of Submerge

1. Verb. Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water.

Exact synonyms: Submerse
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"
Exact synonyms: Drown, Overwhelm
Generic synonyms: Cover, Spread Over
Also: Drown Out

3. Verb. Put under water. "Submerge your head completely"
Exact synonyms: Submerse
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"
Exact synonyms: Deluge, Inundate
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

submedial
submedian
submediant
submediants
submeeting
submeetings
submembranous
submen
submeningeal
submenta
submental
submentoplasty
submentum
submenu
submenus
submerge (current term)
submergeable
submerged
submergence
submergences
submerges
submergible
submerging
submerse
submersed
submerses
submersible
submersible warship
submersibles
submersing

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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