Definition of submerge
submerged
;submerging
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
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Examples of submerge in a Sentence
After boiling the broccoli, submerge it in ice water to stop the cooking process.
The town was submerged by the flood.
We watched as the divers prepared to submerge.
She's a marvelous actress who submerges herself totally in her roles.
Recent Examples of submerge from the Web
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The large mammals are buoyant in the water and swim fully submerged, using their trunks as snorkels.
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Gently, but firmly, pull the single bone attached to the back of each cheek. Submerge cheeks in brine and set in refrigerator for 20 minutes.
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Throughout the health-care debate, Republicans have managed to submerge this disconnected, obfuscatory rhetoric.
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Authorities believe the victim was the driver of the vehicle, who was submerged underwater for quite some time before he was rescued.
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Residents in Muscles Shoals came together to help pull a woman out of her car when it was almost submerged in flood waters.
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Submerge into the 50 degree water with a group of intrepid explorers in the video above.
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A witness called 911 about 2 a.m. and told police the driver had scrambled out before the car became mostly submerged, police Sgt.
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Fish the beans out using a slotted spoon and submerge them immediately in the ice bath.
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Origin and Etymology of submerge
Latin submergere, from sub- + mergere to plunge — more at merge
SUBMERGE Defined for English Language Learners
submerge
playDefinition of submerge for English Language Learners
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: to make (someone or something) go under the surface of water or some other liquid : to cover (someone or something) with a liquid
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: to go underwater
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: to make (yourself) fully involved in an activity or interest
SUBMERGE Defined for Kids
submerge
playDefinition of submerge for Students
submerged
;submerging
1 : to put under or plunge into water
2 : to cover or become covered with or as if with water Floods submerged the town.
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