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UK
/səbmˈɜːdʒ/
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[ US /səbˈmɝdʒ/ ]
[ US /səbˈmɝdʒ/ ]
VERB
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
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cover completely or make imperceptible
I was drowned in work
The noise drowned out her speech -
put under water
submerge your head completely - sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
How To Use submerge In A Sentence
- Since ice is less dense than dissolved ice (water), any increase in submerged sea ice will result in an increase of sea levels of greater proportion than mere melting. Think Progress » Limbaugh Distorts Numbers To Downplay Global Warming Science
- The asdic operator could also train the oscillator in a horizontal plane and thus the combined system at last made feasible the accurate location of a submerged submarine in terms of both range and bearing from the equipment.
- She submerged her hands in warm water.
- The Maldives is slowly being submerged and with this technology we could make new islands and combine them with artificial coral reefs. Times, Sunday Times
- It lives subtidally (from the high water mark, which is rarely inundated, to shoreline areas that are permanently submerged), or occasionally intertidally (the area that is exposed to the air at low tide and underwater at high tide). CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- Also, sea planes, when they take off or land, are quite vulnerable to what we call submerged debris, little things in the ocean that might catch on one of the wing floats as you might see on the picture there. CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2005
- Add the drained whole tomatoes and chicken stock, making sure the lamb is submerged beneath the liquid. Times, Sunday Times
- Depth charge : or depth Bomb; Weapon used by ships or aircraft to attack submerged submarines.
- History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity... Alemayehu G. Mariam: Referendum for Sudan, Requiem for Africa
- Floodwater may contain higher carbon dioxide concentrations if the pH is sufficiently low, but both rice fields and river forelands are commonly submerged with water containing little carbon dioxide, e.g. in the range of 3-100 M.