submerge

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /sʌbˈmɜːdʒ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /sʌbˈmɝdʒ/

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Verb

Plain form submerge

Third-person singular submerges

Past tense submerged

Past participle submerged

Present participle submerging

1. Someone submerges something when they make the thing sink; they make it go down into water so that the water is covering it.

   He submerged his arm in the lake to try to clean the mud off it.

2. Something submerges when it sinks; it goes down into the water so that the water is covering it.

   The boat submerged completely, but then part of it came back up out of the water.