submerging
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- sinking until covered completely with waterSynonyms: submergencesubmersionimmersionType of sinkingKinds dip
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“submerging” is listed under Submerge.
Sub·merge′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Submerged; present participle & verbal noun Submerging.]
Origin: 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.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54