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Noun submerging has 1 sense
  1. submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion - sinking until covered completely with water
    --1 is a kind of sinking
    --1 has particulars: dip
    Derived forms: verb submerge1, verb submerge3, verb submerge4
,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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