Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Growing or remaining under water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. Also
demerged and submerged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
submerse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective beneath the surface of the water
- adjective growing or remaining under water
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Examples
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The artist says: "With this idea, new sound landscapes are created, not only from the interaction among the fish, but also from unveiling the intimate music archives, which are" submersed "underneath the mp3 player devices."
Submersed Songs Red 2008
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The artist says: "With this idea, new sound landscapes are created, not only from the interaction among the fish, but also from unveiling the intimate music archives, which are" submersed "underneath the mp3 player devices."
Archive 2008-11-01 Red 2008
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As Stefàn was submersed in his musings, Charisse suddenly began to rise from her chair.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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So I jumped back into the bathtub and submersed myself.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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As Stefàn was submersed in his musings, Charisse suddenly began to rise from her chair.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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As Stefàn was submersed in his musings, Charisse suddenly began to rise from her chair.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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So I jumped back into the bathtub and submersed myself.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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During the Great Depression, with World War II looming, General Motors sponsored its "Futurama" pavilion, in which hundreds of thousands of visitors were submersed in an exhibit of what life would be like 20 years later in a highly mobile, car-centered society.
William S. Becker: Let's Talk About the Future We Want William S. Becker 2011
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"He's completely submersed in the vampire world and his old reflexes begin to re-emerge," Witwer continues, teasing that we'll get to see what Aidan — who now subsists on bags of blood from his job at the hospital — was like back when he was a "calculating, efficient killer" once a woman from his long-ago past resurfaces.
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During the Great Depression, with World War II looming, General Motors sponsored its "Futurama" pavilion, in which hundreds of thousands of visitors were submersed in an exhibit of what life would be like 20 years later in a highly mobile, car-centered society.
William S. Becker: Let's Talk About the Future We Want William S. Becker 2011
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