submerge
verbUK /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/ · US /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.
1
To sink out of sight.
- The submarine submerged in the water.
2
To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.
3
To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
Often in the passive voice
- 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
Figuratively To engulf or overwhelm.
Often in the passive voice
- Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
5
Figuratively To 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:
- Synonyms
- submerse
- Derived terms
- resubmerge, submergeable, submergement, submergence, submerger, submergible
- Related terms
- submersion