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See also: submergé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). Surface analysis is sub- + merge.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Verb[edit]
submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- The submarine submerged in the water.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- Synonym: immerse
- In films many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.
- (transitive, figuratively, in the passive) To engulf or overwhelm.
- Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
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Translations[edit]
to immerse (intransitive)
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to immerse (transitive)
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References[edit]
- submerge at OneLook Dictionary Search
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
submerge
- inflection of submerger:
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
submerge
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
submerge
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