| VERB | motion | submerse, submerge | sink below the surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | submerse, submerge | put under water |
| Sounds | sahbmer's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers... | |
| Meaning | sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | submerge | |
| Narrower | dive | plunge / plunge into water |
| drown | Be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation | |
| Broader | sink, settle, go down, go under | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| Spanish | sumergirse, sumergir | |
| Catalan | submergir-se, submergir | |
| Nouns | submersion | sinking until covered completely with water |
| Meaning | put under water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | submerge | |
| Broader | immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into |
| Nouns | submersion | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
| submersion | sinking until covered completely with water | |
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