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DictionarysubmergeGo beneath the surface
verb

submerge

suhb-MURJ/səbˈmɜːrdʒ/

To put or go completely beneath a liquid or other covering.

The bowl is submerged beneath the water’s surface.

A fully submerged ceramic bowl is visible below the water surface.
Etymology
subLatinunder
+mergeLatinto plunge, immerse

The pieces describe plunging something beneath the surface, not merely getting it wet. The verb also developed an intransitive use for something itself sinking under water.

In context

Michigan Geological Survey2:03
connected core space within a rock is with a bike pump model to use these cores you'll connect a bike pump with the top of the core and then fully submerge it in water in a beaker
The Fundamentals of Porosity and Permeability

More examples

  • The submarine submerges beneath the surface.
  • Floodwater has submerged the lower steps.
  • The swimmer pauses before submerging again.

Forms

submerge · submerges · submerged · submerging

Similar words

immerse
Immerse puts something into a surrounding medium; submerge specifically puts it below a surface.
drown
Drown involves death or overwhelming by liquid; submerge simply means go or put beneath a surface.