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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
sub·ma·rine 
[n. suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen; adj., v. suhb-muh-reen] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -rined, -rin·ing.
[n. suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen; adj., v. suhb-muh-reen] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -rined, -rin·ing. –noun
–adjective
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles. |
| 2. | something situated or living under the surface of the sea, as a plant or animal. |
| 3. | Chiefly Northeastern and North Midland U.S. a hero sandwich. |
| 4. | situated, occurring, operating, or living under the surface of the sea: a submarine mountain. |
| 5. | of, pertaining to, or carried on by a submarine or submarines: submarine warfare. |
| 6. | to participate in the operating of a submarine. |
| 7. | to move or slide under something. |
| 8. | Slang.
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| 9. | to attack or sink by submarine. |
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| sub·ma·rine
(sŭb'mə-rēn', sŭb'mə-rēn') Pronunciation Key
n.
adj. Beneath the surface of the water; undersea. v. sub·ma·rined, sub·ma·rin·ing, sub·ma·rines v. tr.
v. intr. To slide, drive, or throw under something. The long sandwich featuring layers of meat and cheese on a crusty Italian roll or French bread goes by a variety of names. These names are not distributed in a pattern similar to that of other regional words because their use depends on the business and marketing enterprise of the people who create the sandwiches and sell them. Submarine and sub are widespread terms, not assignable to any particular region. Many of the localized terms are clustered in the northeast United States, where the greatest numbers of Italian Americans live. In Maine, it is called an Italian sandwich, befitting its heritage. Elsewhere in New England and in Sacramento, California, it is often called a grinder. New York City knows it as a hero. In the Delaware Valley, including Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, the sandwich is called a hoagie. Speakers in Miami use the name Cuban sandwich. Along the Gulf Coast the same sandwich is often called a poor boy. In New Orleans, a poor boy is likely to be offered in a version featuring fried oysters. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
submarine (adj.)
submarine (adj.)
1648, from sub- + marine. The noun meaning "submarine boat" is from 1899. The short form sub is first recorded 1917. Submarine sandwich (1955) so called from the shape of the roll.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| submarine | |
adjective | |
| 1. | beneath the surface of the sea |
noun | |
| 1. | a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes |
| 2. | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States |
verb | |
| 1. | move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car" |
| 2. | throw with an underhand motion |
| 3. | bring down with a blow to the legs |
| 4. | control a submarine |
| 5. | attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Submarine
Sub`ma*rine"\, n. A submarine boat; esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. submergible submarine when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and submersible submarine when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Submarine
Sub`ma*rine"\, a. Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants. Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. Submarine cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. Submarine mine. See Torpedo, 2 (a) .
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Submarine
Sub*ma*rine"\, n. A submarine plant or animal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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