Adjective submarine has 1 sense
  1. submarine, undersea - beneath the surface of the sea
    Antonym: overhead (indirect, via surface, subsurface)
    Antonym: surface (indirect, via subsurface, overhead)
,Noun submarine has 2 senses
  1. submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat - a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
    --1 is a kind of submersible, submersible warship
    --1 has parts:
     conning tower; escape hatch; periscope; snorkel, schnorkel, schnorchel, snorkel breather, breather; sonar, echo sounder, asdic
    --1 has particulars:
     attack submarine; auxiliary research submarine; fleet ballistic missile submarine; nautilus, nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered submarine
  2. bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep - a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
    --2 is a kind of sandwich
,Verb submarine has 5 senses
  1. submarine - move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"
    --1 is one way to
    skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  2. submarine - throw with an underhand motion
    --2 is one way to
    flip, toss, sky, pitch
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. submarine - bring down with a blow to the legs
    --3 is one way to
    down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. submarine - control a submarine
    --4 is one way to
    operate, control
    Derived form: noun submariner1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  5. submarine - attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"
    --5 is one way to
    attack, assail
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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