Meaning
Submerge means to put something completely under a liquid, usually water. It can also mean to cover, hide, or overwhelm something completely.
Grammar and Usage
- Part of speech: Verb
- Transitive: She submerged the pot in water.
- Intransitive: The submarine submerged quickly.
Typical patterns:
- submerge something in water/liquid
- submerge beneath the surface
- Figurative: submerged in work/problems
Common Phrases
- submerge in water – to sink or dip fully into water
- submerge beneath the surface – to go below the top layer of something
- submerged in work – overwhelmed with work
- submerged city – a city covered by water
Collocations
- Verb + submerge: completely submerge, partially submerge, suddenly submerge
- Noun + submerge: submarine submerges, object submerges
- Adverb + submerge: quickly submerge, fully submerge, gradually submerge
Examples
- The diver slowly submerged himself into the cold sea.
- Floodwaters submerged several houses in the village.
- She submerged the dirty dishes in hot water to soak them.
- The submarine submerged to avoid detection.
- His mind was submerged in deep thoughts.
- The car was partially submerged after the heavy rain.
- She submerged her hands in the warm water to relax.
- The valley was submerged under the reservoir after the dam was built.
Synonyms or Related
- Immerse
- Drown
- Sink
- Plunge
- Engulf
Antonym
- Emerge
- Surface
- Rise
- Appear