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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•ma•rin•ing (sub′mə rē′ning),USA pronunciation n. - Computingthe disappearance or flickering of a cursor on a computer screen.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•ma•rine /ˌsʌbməˈrin, ˈsʌbməˌrin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Nautical, Naval Termsa vessel that can be submerged and moved under water:The submarine dove for the sea bottom.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Northeastern and North Midland U.S.]a hero sandwich.
adj. - situated, occurring, operating, or living under the surface of the sea.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•ma•rine (n. sub′mə rēn′, sub′mə rēn′;adj., v. sub′mə rēn′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -rined, -rin•ing. n. - Nautical, Naval Termsa vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- something situated or living under the surface of the sea, as a plant or animal.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Northeastern and North Midland U.S.]a hero sandwich.
adj. - situated, occurring, operating, or living under the surface of the sea:a submarine mountain.
- Nautical, Naval Termsof, pertaining to, or carried on by a submarine or submarines:submarine warfare.
v.i. - to participate in the operating of a submarine.
- to move or slide under something.
- Slang Terms
- to be thrown under the steering wheel of the vehicle one is driving during a frontal crash.
- to be thrown out of one's seat belt in such a crash.
v.t. - to attack or sink by submarine.
- 1640–50; 1895–1900 for def. 1; sub- + marine
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: submarine /ˈsʌbməˌriːn; ˌsʌbməˈriːn/ n - a vessel, esp one designed for warfare, capable of operating for protracted periods below the surface of the sea
- (modifier) of or relating to a submarine: a submarine captain
- occurring or situated below the surface of the sea: a submarine cable
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