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Adjective submerged has 3 senses
  1. sunken, submerged - under water; e.g. at the bottom of a body of water; "sunken treasure"; "a sunken ship"
  2. submerged, submersed, underwater - beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks"
    Antonym: overhead (indirect, via surface, subsurface)
    Antonym: surface (indirect, via subsurface, overhead)
  3. subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, submersed, underwater - growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves"
    Antonyms: terrestrial, land (indirect, via amphibious, aquatic)
    Antonym: amphibious (indirect, via aquatic, terrestrial)
,Verb submerge has 4 senses
  1. submerge, submerse - sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
    --1 is one way to sink, settle, go down, go under
    Derived forms: noun submersion1, noun submerging1, noun submergence1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  2. submerge, drown, overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
    --2 is one way to cover, spread over
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. submerge, submerse - put under water; "submerge your head completely"
    --3 is one way to immerse, plunge
    Derived forms: noun submersion2, noun submerging1, noun submergence1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. inundate, deluge, submerge - fill or cover completely, usually with water
    --4 is one way to flood
    Derived forms: noun submerging1, noun submergence1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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