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Submerge v. t. (past & past part. submerged; pres. part. submerging)

To put under water; to plunge.

To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. "I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged."

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Etymology of 'Submerge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Submerge" Quotes from Famous Books

... Red River continued to rise—slowly, it is true, and inch by inch instead of foot by foot—until these settlers in the great wilderness began to think, with something akin to superstitious fear, of that mighty deluge which had been sent to submerge the world ...

— The Red Man's Revenge - A Tale of The Red River Flood • R.M. Ballantyne

... hueste f. host. huevo egg. huir to fly. humanidad f. humanity. humano human, humane. humedad f. humidity. humildad f. humility. humilde humble. humillar to humble. humo smoke, fume. humor m. humor, liquid. hundir to submerge, sink. huracan m. hurricane. ...

— Novelas Cortas • Pedro Antonio de Alarcon

... gathered themselves together again. From a corner of the corral Bob looked out upon a world full of grinning faces. A sick dismay rose in him and began to submerge his heart. They were glad he had been thrown. The earth was inhabited by a race of brutal and truculent savages. What was the use of trying? He could never hold ...

— The Fighting Edge • William MacLeod Raine

... the rude staircase by which he had descended. The tide had turned, and the sea, apparently sucked in through some deeper tunnel in the portion of the cliff which was below water, was being forced into the vault with a rapidity which bid fair to shortly submerge the mouth of the cave. The convict's feet were already wetted by the incoming waves, and as he turned for one last look at the boat he saw a green billow heave up against the entrance to the chasm, and, ...

— For the Term of His Natural Life • Marcus Clarke

... submersibles and reporting their presence to the surface patrol craft. In order to overcome the disadvantages of creating the periscope wake which I have mentioned, it is reported that the Germans have developed special means to allow the U-boats, when raiding, to submerge to a fixed depth without moving. To maintain any body in a fluid medium in a static position is a difficult matter, as is shown in the instability of aircraft. One of the great problems of the submersible has been to master the difficulties of its control while maintaining a desired depth. The modern ...

— The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner • Georg-Guenther von Forstner

Words linked to "Submerge" : spread over, submerging, submersible, drown, dive, go down, flood, submergence, overwhelm, plunge, deluge, submersion