From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsubmergesub‧merge /səbˈmɜːdʒ $ -ˈmɜːrdʒ/ verb 1 DOWN a) [transitive] to cover something completely with water or another liquid The tunnel entrance was submerged by rising sea water. b) [intransitive] to go under the surface of the water and be completely covered by it The submarine submerged.2 [transitive]HIDE/NOT SHOW to hide feelings, ideas, or opinions and make yourself stop thinking about them SYN suppress Feelings she thought she’d submerged were surfacing again.3 → submerge yourself in something —submerged adjective submerged rocks —submergence noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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submerge• The company said longwall production had been halted after part of the longwall mining equipment had become submerged.• Peter pulled on the mask and submerged again.• For obvious reasons, laser beams or submerged fluorescent wires can not be used to mark the start line.• Humans become unconscious after being submerged for 3 hours in water at 15C.• He could submerge his anger for only so long.• Poindexter and North were both completely submerged in the scandal.• At another point he found himself completely submerged, lungs like stone, an underwater rush in his ears.• Sonar was used to locate the submerged plane wreckage.• Some problems were the result of sightseers splashing through submerged roads in vehicles.• This allowed the filter to slide down to the bottom submerging the trickle filter section.• With the rest of their bodies submerged, their eyes go unnoticed.• The temporary bridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick, it was lifted up and swept aside.Origin submerge (1600-1700) Latin submergere, from mergere; → MERGE 