submerge

submerge
1. transitive verb
1) (place under water)

submerge something [in the water] — etwas eintauchen od. ins Wasser tauchen

2) (inundate) [Wasser:] überschwemmen

be submerged in water — unter Wasser stehen

2. intransitive verb
abtauchen (Seemannsspr.)
* * *
[səb'mə:‹]
verb
(to cover with, or sink under, water or other liquid: I watched the submarine submerging.) untertauchen
- academic.ru/71659/submerged">submerged
- submergence
- submersion
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sub·merge
[səbˈmɜ:ʤ, AM -ˈmɜ:rʤ]
I. vt
1. (place under water)
▪ to \submerge sth/sb etw/jdn tauchen (in in +akk)
▪ to \submerge sth etw vereinnahmen
work on the dictionary began to \submerge his other interests die Arbeit an dem Wörterbuch ließ ihn seine anderen Interessen allmählich vernachlässigen
3. (immerse)
▪ to \submerge oneself in sth sich akk in etw akk vertiefen, in etw akk eintauchen
4. (inundate)
▪ to \submerge sth etw überschwemmen [o überfluten] [o unter Wasser setzen
II. vi abtauchen, untertauchen
* * *
[səb'mɜːdZ]
1. vt
untertauchen; (= flood) überschwemmen

to submerge sth in water — etw in Wasser (ein)tauchen

to submerge oneself in sth (fig) — ganz in etw (acc) versinken

2. vi
(diver, submarine) tauchen
* * *
submerge [səbˈmɜːdʒ; US -ˈmɜrdʒ]
A v/t
1. ein-, untertauchen (auch REL), versenken
2. überschwemmen, unter Wasser setzen
3. fig
a) unterdrücken
b) übertönen
B v/i
1. untertauchen, -sinken
2. SCHIFF tauchen (U-Boot)
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (place under water)

submerge something [in the water] — etwas eintauchen od. ins Wasser tauchen

2) (inundate) [Wasser:] überschwemmen

be submerged in water — unter Wasser stehen

2. intransitive verb
abtauchen (Seemannsspr.)
* * *
v.
tauchen (U-Boot) v.
untertauchen v.

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