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SUBMERSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put under water

Example:

submerge your head completely

Synonyms:

submerge; submerse

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

submerge; submerse

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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)

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