submerge

Verb
Synonyms: submersedrownoverwhelminundatedeluge

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. sink below the surface; go under or as if under waterSynonyms: submerse
  2. cover completely or make imperceptible“I was drowned in work”“The noise drowned out her speech”Synonyms: drownoverwhelm
  3. put under water“submerge your head completely”Synonyms: submerse
  4. fill or cover completely, usually with waterSynonyms: inundatedeluge
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. [1913 Webster]

I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Submerge \Sub*merge"\, v. i. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. [1913 Webster]

Some say swallows submerge in ponds. --Gent. Mag. [1913 Webster]

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