verb
Meaning 1
To sink out of sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The submarine submerged in the water.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
submerge
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
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CMU ARPABET: S AH0 B M ER1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immerse
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: often in the passive voice
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To engulf or overwhelm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Qualifier: often in the passive voice
Examples
- Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To drown or suppress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
fill or cover completely, usually with water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inundate, deluge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flood
verb
Meaning 7
cover completely or make imperceptible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I was drowned in work
- The noise drowned out her speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drown, overwhelm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover, spread over
verb
Meaning 8
put under water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- submerge your head completely
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: submerse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: immerse, plunge
verb
Meaning 9
sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: submerse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sink, settle, go down, go under
Narrower terms: dive
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սուզվել (suzvel) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Old Armenian: մխրճիմ (mxrčim) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Bashkir: батыу (batıw) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Bulgarian: потапям се (potapjam se) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Catalan: submergir — to immerse (intransitive)
- Chinese Mandarin: 淹沒 /淹没 (yānmò) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Dutch: afzinken — to immerse (intransitive)
- Esperanto: subakviĝi — to immerse (intransitive)
- Finnish: upota — to immerse (intransitive)
- Finnish: vajota — to immerse (intransitive)
- Finnish: sukeltaa — to immerse (intransitive)
- French: submerger — to immerse (intransitive)
- Galician: mergullar — to immerse (intransitive)
- Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Georgian: დაძირვა (daʒirva) — to immerse (intransitive)
- German: abtauchen — to immerse (intransitive)
- German: versinken — to immerse (intransitive)
- Hungarian: merül — to immerse (intransitive)
- Hungarian: süllyed — to immerse (intransitive)
- Indonesian: menyelam — to immerse (intransitive)
- Irish: tum — to immerse (intransitive)
- Italian: sommergere — to immerse (intransitive)
- Japanese: 沈む (shizumú) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Korean: 잠수시키다 — to immerse (intransitive)
- Korean: 액체에 넣다. — to immerse (intransitive)
- Latin: summergō — to immerse (intransitive)
- Portuguese: submergir — to immerse (intransitive)
- Quechua: chapukuy — to immerse (intransitive)
- Russian: погружа́ться (pogružátʹsja) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Russian: погрузи́ться (pogruzítʹsja) — to immerse (intransitive)
- Spanish: sumirse — to immerse (intransitive)
- Spanish: sumergirse — to immerse (intransitive)
- Turkish: batmak — to immerse (intransitive)
- Vietnamese: chìm — to immerse (intransitive)
- Vietnamese: lặn — to immerse (intransitive)
- Armenian: ընկղմել (ənkġmel) — to immerse (transitive)
- Bashkir: батырыу (batırıw) — to immerse (transitive)
- Bulgarian: потапям (potapjam) — to immerse (transitive)
- Catalan: submergir — to immerse (transitive)
- Chinese Mandarin: 淹沒 /淹没 (yānmò) — to immerse (transitive)
- Finnish: upottaa — to immerse (transitive)
- French: s'immerger — to immerse (transitive)
- Galician: mergullar — to immerse (transitive)
- Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva) — to immerse (transitive)
- German: untertauchen — to immerse (transitive)
- Ancient Greek: βάπτω (báptō) — to immerse (transitive)
- Hungarian: merít — to immerse (transitive)
- Hungarian: süllyeszt — to immerse (transitive)
- Indonesian: tenggelam — to immerse (transitive)
- Irish: tum — to immerse (transitive)
- Italian: sommergere — to immerse (transitive)
- Japanese: 沈める (shizumerú) — to immerse (transitive)
- Māori: kōuru — to immerse (transitive)
- Portuguese: submergir — to immerse (transitive)
- Quechua: challpuy — to immerse (transitive)
- Quechua: chapuy — to immerse (transitive)
- Russian: погружа́ть (pogružátʹ) — to immerse (transitive)
- Russian: погрузи́ть (pogruzítʹ) — to immerse (transitive)
- Russian: затопля́ть (zatopljátʹ) — to immerse (transitive)
- Russian: затопи́ть (zatopítʹ) — to immerse (transitive)
- Spanish: sumir — to immerse (transitive)
- Spanish: sumergir — to immerse (transitive)
- Turkish: batırmak — to immerse (transitive)
- Vietnamese: dìm — to immerse (transitive)
- Bulgarian: потъвам (potǎvam) — to engulf or overwhelm (used in the passive)