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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | submergere, from mergere; MERGE |
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sub‧merge
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a) [transitive] to cover something completely with water or another liquid : The tunnel entrance was submerged by rising sea water.
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.
The submarine submerged.2 [transitive] to hide feelings, ideas, or opinions and make yourself stop thinking about them [= suppress]: Feelings she thought she'd submerged were surfacing again.
Feelings she thought she'd submerged were surfacing again.3 to make yourself very busy doing something, especially in order to forget about something else : Alice submerged herself in work to try and forget about Tom.
submerge yourself in something
Alice submerged herself in work to try and forget about Tom. —submerged adjective: submerged rocks
submerged rocks —submergence noun [uncountable]
