'Submerge' definitions:
Definition of 'submerge'
(from WordNet)
verb
Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge, submerse]
verb
Cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge, drown, overwhelm]
verb
Put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: submerge, submerse]
verb
Definition of 'Submerge'
From: GCIDE
- Submerge \Sub*merge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging.] [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.]
- 1. To put under water; to plunge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. [1913 Webster]
- I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Submerge'
From: GCIDE
- Submerge \Sub*merge"\, v. i. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. [1913 Webster]
- Some say swallows submerge in ponds. --Gent. Mag. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'submerge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baptize,
- break water,
- bury,
- camouflage,
- cave,
- cave in,
- cloak,
- conceal,
- decline,
- deluge,
- descend,
- dip,
- dive,
- douse,
- drench,
- droop,
- drown,
- duck,
- dunk,
- engulf,
- float,
- flood,
- flood negative,
- flood the tanks,
- flop,
- flop down,
- flow on,
- flump,
- flump down,
- founder,
- give way,
- go below,
- go down,
- go under,
- hide,
- immerge,
- immerse,
- impregnate,
- inundate,
- lapse,
- lower,
- merge,
- obscure,
- overflow,
- overwhelm,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plummet,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunge in water,
- pour on,
- rain,
- rig for diving,
- sag,
- saturate,
- set,
- settle,
- settle down,
- shroud,
- sink,
- sink down,
- slouch,
- sluice,
- slump,
- slump down,
- soak,
- sound,
- souse,
- submerse,
- subside,
- surface,
- swag,
- swamp,
- veil,
- wash,
- wet,
- whelm