submerge

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
  2. verb cover completely or make imperceptible
  3. verb put under water

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.

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Synonyms

submerse

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