submerse

tr.v., -mersed, -mers·ing, -mers·es.

To submerge.

[Probably back-formation from submersion, act of submerging, from Late Latin submersiō, submersiōn-, from Latin submersus, past participle of submergere, to submerge. See submerge.]

submersion sub·mer'sion (-mûr'zhən, -shən) n.

verb

1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid: dip, douse, duck, dunk, immerge, immerse, souse, submerge. See enter/exit.
2. To go beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid: founder¹, sink, submerge. See rise/fall.

The act of placing, or the condition of being under, the surface of a liquid.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

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

Meaning #2: put under water
  Synonym: submerge

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - neddykning, sætte under vand, oversvømmelse

Français (French)
n. - submersion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eintauchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατάδυση

Italiano (Italian)
sommersione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - submersão (f)

Русский (Russian)
погружение в воду, затопление, осадка (судна)

Español (Spanish)
n. - sumersión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedsänkning, översvämning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
淹没

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 淹沒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 물속에 가라앉음, 침수, 관수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 潜水

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיקוע, שקיעה, צלילה‬

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