submarine
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːn
[edit] Adjective
submarine (not comparable)
[edit] Translations
under water
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[edit] Noun
submarine (plural submarines)
- A boat that can go underwater.
- A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
- (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
[edit] Synonyms
- (boat): U-boat
- (sandwich): grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge
[edit] Antonyms
- (boat): surface ship
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
undersea boat
[edit] Verb
submarine (third-person singular simple present submarines, present participle submarining, simple past and past participle submarined)
- To operate or serve on a submarine
- To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack
- 2007 April 13, The Associated Press, “Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data”, New York Times:
- “We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.”
- 2007 April 13, The Associated Press, “Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data”, New York Times: