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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBMERGE, v.t. submerj'. [L. submergo; sub and mergo, to plunge.]
1. To put under water; to plunge.
2. To cover or overflow with water; to drown.
So half my Egypt was submerg'd.
SUBMERGE, v.i. submerj'. To plunge under water, as swallows.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge, submerse]
2: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge, drown, overwhelm]
3: put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: submerge, submerse]
4: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: inundate, deluge, submerge]

Merriam Webster's

verb (submerged; submerging) Etymology: Latin submergere, from sub- + mergere to plunge — more at merge Date: 1606 transitive verb 1. to put under water 2. to cover or overflow with water 3. to make obscure or subordinate ; suppress <personal lives submerged by professional responsibilities> intransitive verb to go under water • submergence noun • submergible adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. a place under water; flood; inundate. b flood or inundate with work, problems, etc. 2 intr. (of a submarine, its crew, a diver, etc.) dive below the surface of water. Phrases and idioms: the submerged tenth the supposed fraction of the population permanently living in poverty. Derivatives: submergence n. submergible adj. submersion n. Etymology: L submergere (as SUB-, mergere mers- dip)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Submerge Sub*merge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging.] [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.] 1. To put under water; to plunge. 2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Submerge Sub*merge", v. i. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. Some say swallows submerge in ponds. --Gent. Mag.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(submerges, submerging, submerged) 1. If something submerges or if you submerge it, it goes below the surface of some water or another liquid. Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes... The river burst its banks, submerging an entire village. VERB: V, V n 2. If you submerge yourself in an activity, you give all your attention to it and do not think about anything else. He submerges himself in the world of his imagination. VERB: V pron-refl in n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Immerse, plunge, sink, submerse. 2. Deluge, flood, overflow, overwhelm, inundate, cover with water, drown. II. v. n. 1. Plunge, sink, submerse. 2. Be merged, be incorporated, be included.

Moby Thesaurus

baptize, break water, bury, camouflage, cave, cave in, cloak, conceal, decline, deluge, descend, dip, dive, douse, drench, droop, drown, duck, dunk, engulf, float, flood, flood negative, flood the tanks, flop, flop down, flow on, flump, flump down, founder, give way, go below, go down, go under, hide, immerge, immerse, impregnate, inundate, lapse, lower, merge, obscure, overflow, overwhelm, plop, plop down, plummet, plump, plunge, plunge in water, pour on, rain, rig for diving, sag, saturate, set, settle, settle down, shroud, sink, sink down, slouch, sluice, slump, slump down, soak, sound, souse, submerse, subside, surface, swag, swamp, veil, wash, wet, whelm