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submerged


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Submerge  \Sub*merge"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Submerged};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Submerging}.]  [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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  submerged 
  adj  1:  under  water;  e.g.  at  the  bottom  of  a  body  of  water;  "sunken 
  treasure";  "a  sunken  ship"  [syn:  {sunken}]  [ant:  {afloat(p)}, 
  {aground(p)}] 
  2:  beneath  the  surface  of  the  water;  "submerged  rocks"  [syn:  {submersed}, 
  {underwater}] 
  3:  (biology)  growing  or  remaining  under  water;  "viewing 
  subaqueous  fauna  from  a  glass-bottomed  boat";  "submerged 
  leaves"  [syn:  {subaqueous},  {subaquatic},  {submersed},  {underwater}] 




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