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submerge

  (səb-mûrj') pronunciation

v., -merged, -merg·ing, -merg·es.

v.tr.
  1. To place under water.
  2. To cover with water; inundate.
  3. To hide from view; obscure.
v.intr.

To go under or as if under water.

[Latin submergere : sub-, sub- + mergere, to plunge.]

submergence sub·mer'gence n.
 
 
Thesaurus: submerge

verb

  1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid: dip, douse, duck, dunk, immerge, immerse, souse, submerse. See enter/exit.
  2. To go beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid: founder1, sink, submerse. See rise/fall.
  3. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, whelm. See full/empty/capacity.
  4. To conceal in obscurity: hide1, obscure. See show/hide.

 
Antonyms: submerge

v

Definition: dunk in liquid
Antonyms: dry, surface


 
WordNet: submerge
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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
  Synonym: submerse

Meaning #2: cover completely or make imperceptible
  Synonyms: drown, overwhelm

Meaning #3: put under water
  Synonym: submerse

Meaning #4: fill or cover completely, usually with water
  Synonyms: inundate, deluge


 
Translations: Translations for: Submerge

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - nedsænke, neddyppe, oversvømme, dykke
v. intr. - dykke, synke ned under vandoverfladen

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderdompelen, overstromen

Français (French)
v. tr. - submerger, immerger
v. intr. - submerger, immerger

Deutsch (German)
v. - überschwemmen, eintauchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατακλύζω, πλημμυρίζω, βυθίζω/-ομαι, καταδύομαι

Italiano (Italian)
inondare, sommergere, immergere, tuffare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - submergir

Русский (Russian)
погружать в воду, погружаться, наводнять, затмевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inundar, anegar, hundir, sumergir, sumir, zambullir
v. intr. - sumergirse, zambullirse, hundirse, sumirse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - doppa ner i, sänka, översvämma, försvinna (bildl.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
使浸水, 淹没, 使陷入, 潜入水中, 湮没, 消失

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使浸水, 淹沒, 使陷入
v. intr. - 潛入水中, 淹沒, 湮沒, 消失

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 물에 잠그다, 덮어 가리다, (고민에) 빠져들게 하다
v. intr. - 물속에 잠기다, 침몰하다, 잠수하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 水中に沈める, 水中に沈む, どっぷりつからせる, 覆い隠す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغطس, يغوص, يغمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שיקע, כיסה במים, הסתיר‬
v. intr. - ‮שקע, צלל‬


 
 

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