Submerging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to
        drown.
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              I would thou didst,
              So half my Egypt were submerged.      --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  submerging
       n : sinking until covered completely with water [syn: {submergence},
            {submersion}, {immersion}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "submerging":
     collapsing, deciduous, declining, declivitous, decurrent,
     descendant, descending, down, down-reaching, downcoming,
     downfalling, downgoing, downhill, downsinking, downward, drooping,
     dropping, falling, on the descendant, on the downgrade, plummeting,
     plunging, sagging, setting, sinking, subsiding, tottering,
     tumbledown