submerge
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- submersion derivation
- submersible derivation
Sense 2 verb
cover completely or make imperceptible
I was drowned in work
Types & categories
- spread over hypernym
Related & opposite
- drown out also see
Sense 3 verb
put under water
submerge your head completely
Types & categories
- plunge hypernym
Related & opposite
- dousing derivation
- submersion derivation
- submersible derivation
Sense 4 verb
fill or cover completely, usually with water
Types & categories
- flood hypernym
Related & opposite
- submersion derivation
- flood derivation
- torrent derivation
- submersible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | submersion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | submersible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | go under |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dive |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | drown out |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread over |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dousing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | submersion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | submersible |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | plunge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | submersion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flood |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | torrent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | submersible |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | flood |