submerge
verb /səbˈmɜːdʒ/
/səbˈmɜːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they submerge | /səbˈmɜːdʒ/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it submerges | /səbˈmɜːdʒɪz/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple submerged | /səbˈmɜːdʒd/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒd/ |
| past participle submerged | /səbˈmɜːdʒd/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form submerging | /səbˈmɜːdʒɪŋ/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- [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.
- Her submerged car was discovered in the river by police divers.
- submerge something/yourself Hippopotamuses cool down by submerging themselves in water.
- [transitive] submerge something to hide ideas, feelings, opinions, etc. completely
- Doubts that had been submerged in her mind suddenly resurfaced.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin submergere, from sub- ‘under’ + mergere ‘to dip’.