submerge

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sub·merge [submerge submerges submerged submerging] BrE [səbˈmɜːdʒ] NAmE [səbˈmɜːrdʒ] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to go under the surface of water or liquid; to put sth or make sth go under the surface of water or liquid
•The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.
•~ sth The fields had been submerged by floodwater.
2. transitive ~ sth to hide ideas, feelings, opinions, etc. completely
•Doubts that had been submerged in her mind suddenly resurfaced.
Derived Words: ↑submerged ▪ ↑submersion
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from Latin submergere, from sub- ‘under’ + mergere ‘to dip’.

Example Bank:
•Hippopotamuses cool down by submerging themselves in water.
•The fields had been submerged by flood water.


Example Bank:
•The car was submerged under 20 feet of water.
•The machine can be totally submerged in water.
•barely submerged antagonism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inundate, deluge, submerse, drown, overwhelm