submerge
submerge is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. Shak.
- 2.To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- add
- affuse
- affusion
- aqua
- aquatic
- aqueous
- are
- balneal
- balneation
- bath
- bathe
- dabble
- deluge
- diluent
- dilute
- diluted
- dilution
- dip
- douche
- douse
- drench
- drown
- duck
- flood
- gargle
- high
- humectation
- hydrous
- immerge
- immerse
- immersion
- infiltration
- inject
- inundate
- irrigate
- irrigation
- lave
- lotion
- lymph
- lymphatic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is submerge.
- What is to cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. Shak called?
- What is to plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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