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)