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submerge Definition

sub·merge (səb mʉrj′)

transitive verb -·merged′, -·merg′·ing

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

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

intransitive verb

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

submerge Related Forms
sub·mer′·gence (-mʉr′jəns) noun sub·mer′·gible (-jə bəl) adjective
submerge Synonyms

submerge

v.

  1. To cause to sink

    submerse, engulf, swamp; see immerse 1, sink 2.

  2. To go downward

    descend, immerse, subside; see sink 1.

submerge Usage Examples

Object

  • cave: Partially submerged caves around Thanet vary considerably in depth, height and aspect and hence in the algal communities present.
  • half: An old boat lies half submerged in the Fleet near Wyke Regis training camp.
  • day: The rock is submerged twice a day to a depth of several meters.
  • area: The drama unfolds over a landscape under threat from a dam, which will submerge the area forever.

Preposition: at

  • tide: Access to the island is via a causeway which becomes submerged at high tide.

Modifying Another Word

  • partially: In 1873 the Atlantic ran into a partially submerged rock off Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • partly: The line of the railroad is now partly submerged beneath Kielder Water.
  • completely: During egg laying the female may be completely submerged under the water.
  • totally: The reason is that the temple had been totally submerged under the desert except for the very top of the pylon entrance.
  • mostly: Page 17 1 [ View of Kagome, mostly submerged into the water, which has numerous leaves floating on top.
  • entirely: For effective propulsion, the fins must be entirely submerged.

Subject

  • water: Trees and bushes normally on the bank of the river are clearly submerged by the flood waters.

Preposition: in

  • water: The tree was then submerged in the water of the pool of Bethesda.
  • bath: Take some of your household plants and leave them submerged in the bath or a pond for a year and see how they do.
  • sea: That means that small differences between two objects may be submerged in a sea of similar details.
  • pool: I was submerged in a hot pool of burning flesh.

Preposition: under

  • water: I had long heard of a statue submerged under the water somewhere off the coast of Italy.

Preposition: beneath

  • sea: In Poole Harbor, the first glimmerings of such a harbor have been discovered, now mostly submerged beneath the sea.
  • water: It contains harmless crystals which expand when submerged beneath the water.

Preposition: by

  • water: Nearly submerged by the swirling waters of the Trent on Monday were caravans parked near the Britannia Inn at Farndon.