submerse

sub·merse

verb \səb-ˈmərs\

sub·mersedsub·mers·ing

Definition of SUBMERSE

transitive verb

: submerge

— sub·mer·sion \-ˈmər-zhən, -shən\ noun

Examples of SUBMERSE

1. <a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days>
2. <those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect>

Origin of SUBMERSE

Latin submersus, past participle of submergere

First Known Use: 1837

Related to SUBMERSE

Synonyms: deluge, drown, engulf, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, flood, swamp

Antonyms: drain

Related Words: avalanche, smother; overcome, overrun; flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream; douse (also dowse), drench, soak, wet

Near Antonyms: dehydrate, dry, parch

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Rhymes with SUBMERSE

adverse, amerce, asperse, averse, coerce, commerce, converse, cutpurse, disburse, disperse, diverse, dry nurse, free verse, immerse, inverse, Nez Percé, obverse, perverse, rehearse, reverse, scrub nurse, sesterce, transverse, traverse, wet nurse