Dictionary Home » Dictionary Definitions » submerge

submerge

Listen See in Thesaurus See in a sentence

Submerge is defined as to cover over, or to place or go under water.

(verb)

An example of to submerge is to put a toy boat completely under the bath water.

See submerge in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb submerged, submerging

to place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
to cover over; suppress; hide
to sink below a decent level of life: the submerged people of the slums

Origin: L submergere < sub-, under + mergere, to plunge: see merge

intransitive verb

to sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.

Related Forms:

submergence noun
submergible adjective

See submerge in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb sub·merged, sub·merg·ing, sub·merg·es

verb, transitive

To place under water.
To cover with water; inundate.
To hide from view; obscure.

verb, intransitive

To go under or as if under water.

Origin:

Origin: Latin submergere

Origin: : sub-, sub-

Origin: + mergere, to plunge

Related Forms:

sub·merˈgence noun

Learn more about submerge

submerge synonyms

submerge in a sentence

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD

» more results...