MEANING
1. To put something under water or another liquid, or go beneath its surface.
2. To hide or suppress something so it becomes difficult to notice or express.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- submerge a vessel
- submerge in water
On the page
The damaged stern began to submerge before the bow shifted.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- submerge
- Past tense
- submerged
- Past participle
- submerged
- Present participle
- submerging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- submerge
- Present continuous
- am/is/are submerging
- Present perfect
- have/has submerged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been submerging
- Past
- submerged
- Past continuous
- was/were submerging
- Past perfect
- had submerged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been submerging
- Future
- will submerge
- Future continuous
- will be submerging
- Future perfect
- will have submerged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been submerging
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: submerge; submerges; submerged; submerged; submerging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: submerges.
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