SUBMERSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does submerse mean? 

• SUBMERSE (verb)
  The verb SUBMERSE has 2 senses:

1. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

2. put under water

  Familiarity information: SUBMERSE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBMERSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they submerse    ... he / she / it submerses   
Past simple: submersed   
Past participle: submersed   
-ing form: submersing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

submerge; submerse

Hypernyms (to "submerse" is one way to...):

go down; go under; settle; sink (go under)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "submerse"):

dive (plunge into water)

drown (be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

submersion (sinking until covered completely with water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put under water

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

submerge; submerse

Context example:

submerge your head completely

Hypernyms (to "submerse" is one way to...):

immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

submersion (the act of wetting something by submerging it)

submersion (sinking until covered completely with water)