submerge
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/
  • (America) IPA: /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
Verb

submerge (submerges, present participle submerging; simple past and past participle submerged)

  1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
    The submarine submerged in the water.
  2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
    Synonyms: immerse
    In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.
  3. (transitive, figurative, in the passive) To engulf or overwhelm.
    Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
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