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Put under water (Var.)
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submerse
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Word definitions for submerse in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "to submerge, plunge" (transitive), from Latin submersus , past participle of submergere (see submerge ). Modern use (18c.) might be a back-formation from submersion . Related: Submersed ; submersing .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge ] put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: submerge ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Submerse \Sub*merse"\, a. (Bot.) Submersed.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Denoting or characteristic of a plant growing entirely under water. v To submerge
Usage examples of submerse.
But it's my job to retrieve so I'll just have to submerse my feelings and go do it.
He took a bath in an old tub in one of the back rooms (because he wanted to and not because Matty Roh had suggested it, he told himself), carrying steaming water in buckets heated over the fire until he had enough to submerse himself.
And yet, he found himself submersed in eclairs, cheesecake and pavlova.
There was no soap, not that was mild enough anyway, so each skirt and blouse had to be submersed one by one and delicately scrubbed against itself.