SUBMERGE


Meaning of SUBMERGE in English

v.

1. tr. a place under water; flood; inundate. b flood or inundate with work, problems, etc.

2 intr. (of a submarine, its crew, a diver, etc.) dive below the surface of water.

Phrases and idioms:

the submerged tenth the supposed fraction of the population permanently living in poverty.

Derivatives:

submergence n. submergible adj. submersion n.

Etymology: L submergere (as SUB-, mergere mers- dip)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.