| submer | Hundreds of fields were submerged in the flood. |
| submer | Whales can remain submerged for a long time. |
| submerge | (v) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water, Syn. submerse |
| submerge | (v) cover completely or make imperceptible, See also: drown out, Syn. overwhelm, drown, Example: I was drowned in work; The noise drowned out her speech |
| submerge | (v) put under water, Syn. submerse, Example: submerge your head completely |
| submergence | (n) sinking until covered completely with water, Syn. submerging, immersion, submersion |
| submersible | (n) an apparatus intended for use under water |
| submersible | (n) a warship designed to operate under water, Syn. submersible warship, Ant. surface ship |
| submersible | (adj) capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged, Syn. submergible, Ant. nonsubmersible, Example: a submersible pump; a submergible electric frying pan |
| submersion | (n) the act of wetting something by submerging it, Syn. immersion, ducking, dousing |
| Submerge | v. t. I would thou didst, |
| Submerge | v. i. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. [ 1913 Webster ] Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Submergence | n. [ From L. submergens, p. pr. ] The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Submerse | a. (Bot.) Submersed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Submersed | a. [ L. submersus, p. p. of submergere. See Submerge. ] Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Submersion | n. [ L. submersio: cf. F. submersion. ] |
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