sub ‧ merge /səbˈmɜːdʒ $ -ˈmɜːrdʒ/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: submergere , from mergere ; ⇨ ↑ merge ]
1 .
a) [transitive] to cover something completely with water or another liquid:
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.
2 . [transitive] to hide feelings, ideas, or opinions and make yourself stop thinking about them SYN suppress :
Feelings she thought she’d submerged were surfacing again.
3 . submerge yourself in something 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.
—submerged adjective :
submerged rocks
—submergence noun [uncountable]