vverb.motionsink below the surface; go under or as if under waterSynset:submerge submerse
Derivationally Related Form:submersionsubmergencesubmergingsubmersiblesubmergible
Hypernyms:go down go under settle sink
Inherited Hypernyms:submergesinkdescendtravel
Direct Hyponyms:divedrown
Full Troponyms:belly-flopdivedrownjackknife
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.contactcover completely or make imperceptibleSynset:drown overwhelm submerge
Examples:- I was drowned in work
- The noise drowned out her speech
Hypernyms:cover spread over
Inherited Hypernyms:submergecovertouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactput under waterSynset:submerge submerse
Examples:- submerge your head completely
Derivationally Related Form:submersionsubmergencesubmergingsubmersiblesubmergible
Hypernyms:immerse plunge
Inherited Hypernyms:submergeimmersepenetrateenter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changefill or cover completely, usually with waterSynset:deluge inundate submerge
Derivationally Related Form:submergencesubmergibledelugesubmerginginundationsubmersible
Hypernyms:flood
Inherited Hypernyms:inundatefloodcovertouch
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | The swollen rivers --- the area with water (apply to: inundate, deluge)
adj satadj.allbeneath the surface of the waterSynset:submersed underwater
Antonyms:overheadsurface
Inherited Hypernyms:submerged
Similar to:subsurface
adj satadj.allgrowing or remaining under waterTopic:biological sciencebiology
Synset:subaquatic subaqueous submersed underwater
Examples:- viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat
- submerged leaves
Antonyms:terrestrialamphibious
Inherited Hypernyms:subaqueous
Similar to:aquatic