submerge

present singular third person submerges · participle present submerging · participle past submerged · past submerged

1. intransitiveTo sink out of sight.

   The submarine submerged in the water.

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

   In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

   Synonyms: immerse

3. transitiveoften in the passive voiceTo bring below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.

   1 more example

   On the day of RAIL 's site visit, in heavy weather, the scaffolding and decking that engineers stand on were submerged deep under choppy water, with work suspended. "We have to work around the tides," explained Project Director Alan Venables. "The wind pushes the tide up and the waves get larger. That causes some problems with the scaffold."

   2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24

4. figurativelytransitiveoften in the passive voiceTo engulf or overwhelm.

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

5. figurativelytransitiveTo drown or suppress.

   Mrs Dibble made for the kitchen, stumping violently with her crutches and heaving her bulk along with the obvious determination to submerge her wrongs by resorting to the gin-bottle.

   1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150