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submerge
submerse
verb submerged, submerging, submersed, submersing
    tr & intr
    1. To plunge or sink or cause to plunge or sink under the surface of water or other liquid.
      Thesaurus: submerse, immerse, deluge, dunk, engulf, flood, inundate, overwhelm, swamp, sink, descend, plunge, drown; Antonym: raise, surface.
    2. To cover with water or other liquid.
    3. To conceal or inhibit something.
      Example: submerged his feelings
    4. To overwhelm or inundate someone, eg with too much work.
Derivative: submergence
noun
    Derivative: submersion
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from sub- 1 + Latin mergere to plunge.




      submerged
      submersed
      adj
        1. Sunk.
        2. bot.
          Said of plants or plant parts: growing underwater.
        3. informal
          Concealed or inhibited.
          Thesaurus: concealed, hidden, obscured.
        4. informal
          Overwhelmed, especially by too much work.


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