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sub⋅ma⋅rine

[n. suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen; adj., v. suhb-muh-reen]

noun, adjective, verb, -rined, -rin⋅ing.

–noun

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.

–adjective

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.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to participate in the operating of a submarine.

7.	to move or slide under something.

Slang.

a.	to be thrown under the steering wheel of the vehicle one is driving during a frontal crash.

b.	to be thrown out of one's seat belt in such a crash.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to attack or sink by submarine.

Origin:
1640–50; 1895–1900 for def. 1; sub- + marine

Regional variation note:
3. See hero sandwich.

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sub·ma·rine (sŭb'mə-rēn', sŭb'mə-rēn')

Nautical A vessel that is capable of operating submerged. Also called sub¹.
A large sandwich consisting of a long roll split lengthwise and filled with layers of meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and condiments. Also called sub¹; also called regionally Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hoagie, Italian sandwich, poor boy, torpedo, wedge, zep.

adj.  Beneath the surface of the water; undersea.
v.   sub·ma·rined, sub·ma·rin·ing, sub·ma·rines

v.   tr.

To attack by submarine, especially with torpedoes.
Sports To knock down with a blow to the legs.
Baseball To pitch (a ball) with an underhand motion.

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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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.

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) .

Submarine

Sub*ma*rine"\, n. A submarine plant or animal.

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Language Translation for : submarine

Spanish: submarino,

German: das Unterseeboot,

Japanese: 潜水艦

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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.

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