SUBMERGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does submerge mean?
• SUBMERGE (verb)
The verb SUBMERGE has 4 senses:
1. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
2. cover completely or make imperceptible
3. put under water
4. fill or cover completely, usually with water
Familiarity information: SUBMERGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBMERGE (verb)
Meaning:
Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
submerge; submerse
Hypernyms (to "submerge" is one way to...):
go down; go under; settle; sink (go under,)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "submerge"):
dive (plunge into water)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cover completely or make imperceptible
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
drown; submerge; overwhelm
Context examples:
I was drowned in work / The noise drowned out her speech
Hypernyms (to "submerge" is one way to...):
cover; spread over (form a cover over)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Put under water
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
submerse; submerge
Context example:
submerge your head completely
Hypernyms (to "submerge" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Fill or cover completely, usually with water
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
inundate; deluge; submerge
Hypernyms (to "submerge" is one way to...):
flood (cover with liquid, usually water)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
