SUBMERGE

inundate, deluge, submerge

(verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water

submerge, drown, overwhelm

(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible; “I was drowned in work”; “The noise drowned out her speech”

submerge, submerse

(verb) put under water; “submerge your head completely”

submerge, submerse

(verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)

(intransitive) To sink out of sight.

(transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

Synonym: immerse

(transitive, figurative) To be engulfed in or overwhelmed by something.

Synonyms

• submerse

Source: Wiktionary

Sub*merge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging.] Etym: [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.]

1. To put under water; to plunge.

2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. Shak.

Sub*merge", v. i.

Definition: To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition