submerge
/səbˈmɜrdʒ/
verb
- To put something completely under water or another liquid.
- To clean the vase, you need to submerge it in soapy water for a while.
- The flood caused the car to submerge completely in the rising water.
- The chef told us to submerge the pasta in boiling water for ten minutes.
- To go under the surface of water or another liquid.
- The submarine began to submerge slowly as it left the harbor.
- The swimmer took a deep breath and prepared to submerge.
- Watch the duck submerge its head to catch fish underwater.
- To completely cover or hide something, often in a figurative sense.
- She tried to submerge her feelings of sadness by staying busy.
- The loud music submerge all other sounds in the room.
- He felt his worries submerge as he focused on the movie.