submerge
pronunciation
How to pronounce submerge in British English:
UK [səbˈmɜːdʒ]
How to pronounce submerge in American English:
US [səbˈmɜːrdʒ]
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- Verb:
- sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- put under water
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
Word Origin
- submerge
- submerge: see merge
- submerge (v.)
- c. 1600 (transitive), from French submerger (14c.) or directly from Latin submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive meaning "sink under water, sink out of sight" is from 1650s, made common 20c. in connection with submarines. Related: Submerged; submerging.
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Example
- 1. Icebrrg use light to submerge its website deep underwater .
- 2. And eventually submerge these volcanoes .
- 3. He can submerge to a depth of about twenty meters .
- 4. At the first sign of danger the submarine will submerge .
- 5. At the first sign of danger , the submarine will submerge .