SUBMERGE


Meaning of SUBMERGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səbmɜ:(r)dʒ ]

( submerges, submerging, submerged)

1.

If something submerges or if you submerge it, it goes below the surface of some water or another liquid.

Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes...

The river burst its banks, submerging an entire village.

VERB : V , V n

2.

If you submerge yourself in an activity, you give all your attention to it and do not think about anything else.

He submerges himself in the world of his imagination.

VERB : V pron-refl in n

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