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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•merge /səbˈmɜrdʒ/USA pronunciation v., -merged, -merg•ing. - to put or sink below the surface of water or other liquid: [no object]ordered his boat to dive, and the submarine quietly submerged.[~ + object]The boat was submerged in thirty fathoms of water.
- to cover or overflow with water; immerse:[~ + object]Do not submerge this electric skillet in water.
- to cover;
bury;
suppress;
obscure;
hide:[~ + object]Certain facts were submerged by the witness.
sub•mer•gence, n. [uncountable] sub•mer•sion /səbˈmɜrʒən, -ʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -merg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•merge (səb mûrj′),USA pronunciation v., -merged, -merg•ing. v.t. - to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- to cover or overflow with water;
immerse. - to cover;
bury;
subordinate;
suppress:His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.
v.i. - to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.
- to be covered or lost from sight.
- Latin submergere, equivalent. to sub- sub- + mergere to dip, immerse; see merge
- 1600–10
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged submerse.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flood, inundate, engulf.
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