submerge
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verb (used with object)
1.
to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
2.
to cover or overflow with water; immerse.
3.
to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.
verb (used without object)
4.
to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.
5.
to be covered or lost from sight.
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submerge or submerse (səbˈmɜːdʒ, səbˈmɜːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to plunge, sink, or dive or cause to plunge, sink, or dive below the surface of water, etc |
| 2. | (tr) to cover with water or some other liquid |
| 3. | (tr) to hide; suppress |
| 4. | (tr) to overwhelm, as with work, difficulties, etc |
| [C17: from Latin submergere, from | |
| submerse or submerse | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: from Latin submergere, from | |
| sub'mergence or submerse | |
| —n | |
| submersion or submerse | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
submerge
1606, from L. submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive use is from 1652, made common 20c. in connection with submarines.
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Example sentences
Pour evenly over bread and press with hands to submerge bread in liquid mixture.
By opening a valve, the oil is then sucked out of the external bladder into the hull when it is time to submerge.
The spider encases its body in an air bubble in order to submerge itself, often for several minutes.
Other drifters submerge for long periods of time to measure the ocean currents at depth.
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