Definitions for submerge
səbˈmɜrdʒsub·merge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. submerge, submerseverb

   sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

2. submerge, drown, overwhelmverb

   cover completely or make imperceptible

   "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

3. submerge, submerseverb

   put under water

   "submerge your head completely"

4. inundate, deluge, submergeverb

   fill or cover completely, usually with water

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. submergeverb

   To sink out of sight.

   The submarine submerged in the water.

2. submergeverb

   To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

   In films many people are murdered by being submerged in a swimming pool.

3. submergeverb

   To be engulfed in or with something.

   Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

4. Etymology: From Latin submergere, from sub- ("under") + mergere ("to plunge").

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SUBMERGEverb

   To drown; to put under water.

   Etymology: submerger, Fr. submergo, Lat.

   So half my Egypt were submerg’d and made
   A cistern for scal’d snakes. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

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1. submerge

   Submerge means to cause something or someone to go under the surface of a liquid, especially water, or to go beneath or under something. It can also refer to the state of being completely covered or hidden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Submergeverb

   to put under water; to plunge

2. Submergeverb

   to cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown

3. Submergeverb

   to plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included

4. Etymology: [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Submerge

   sub-mėrj′, Submerse, sub-mėrs′, v.t. to plunge under water: to overflow with water: to drown.—v.i. to sink under water.—ns. Submerg′ence, Submer′sion.—adjs. Submerged′, Submersed′, being or growing under water. [L. submergĕre, -mersum—sub, under, mergĕre, to plunge.]

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Flood
   • Immerse
   • Sink

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of submerge in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of submerge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of submerge in a Sentence

1. Mitch Hedberg:

   Fish are always eating other fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as shit. You would not want to submerge your head, nothing but fish going "Ahhh, fuck! I thought I looked like that rock!

2. Fernando Aguerre:

   We are the guinea pigs of society when it comes to the what's going on in the oceans, we surfers, we live on the ocean, we literally submerge ourselves, we have ocean water into our ears, eyes and skin. In reality we are the perfect ambassadors of the ocean.

3. Émile Durkheim:

   It is a quite remarkable fact that the great religions of the most civilized peoples are more deeply fraught with sadness than the simpler beliefs of earlier societies. This certainly does not mean that the current of pessimism is eventually to submerge the other, but it proves that it does not lose ground and that it does not seem destined to disappear.

4. Anders Levermann:

   The sea level rise from Western Antarctica will eventually submerge Hamburg, Shanghai, New York and Hong Kong, you can't negotiate with physics: that's the dilemma here.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=submerge
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Submerge
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=submerge
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submerge
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=submerge
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=submerge