submerge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: submerge	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
submerge v sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge, submerse] cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" Synonym(s): submerge, drown, overwhelm put under water; "submerge your head completely" Synonym(s): submerge, submerse fill or cover completely, usually with water Synonym(s): inundate, deluge, submerge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Submerge \Sub*merge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Submerged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Submerging}.] [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See {Merge}.] 1. To put under water; to plunge. 2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Submerge \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. Some say swallows submerge* in ponds. --Gent. Mag.