Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.
- noun The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
submerging , or the state of beingsubmerged ;immersion - noun mathematics See submersion (mathematics)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of wetting something by submerging it
- noun sinking until covered completely with water
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bleaching, warping, and cortical flaking suggested long-term submersion in water.
206 BONES Kathy Reichs 1990
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Bleaching, warping, and cortical flaking suggested long-term submersion in water.
206 BONES Kathy Reichs 1990
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Bleaching, warping, and cortical flaking suggested long-term submersion in water.
206 BONES Kathy Reichs 1990
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Normally, you need some pretty hefty (and expensive) equipment for this kind of submersion cooking, but Viestad reasoned that the water from his kitchen tap was hot enough to do the job.
The Kitchn 2009
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According to Uniden's manual, the phone is JIS7 compliant in terms of water submersion, meaning it can remain underwater at a depth of 3 feet for up to 30 minutes with no damage or loss of function.
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This was the third night for David, here, and I now knew that he could only be killed by decapitation followed by submersion in running water until his body turned to ash and floated away.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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This was the third night for David, here, and I now knew that he could only be killed by decapitation followed by submersion in running water until his body turned to ash and floated away.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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To add to litlove, there are degrees of trauma, loss, resilience, horror, length and depth and submersion.
Patrick McGrath’s ‘Trauma’ « Tales from the Reading Room 2009
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Learning how phrases come together in English will come with continued submersion in the language.
Immersion is the Key to Learning English « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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This sectional combination for the submersion of the Constitution, has been aided in some of the States by elevating to citizenship, persons who, by the supreme law of the land, are incapable of becoming citizens; and their votes have been used to inaugurate a new policy, hostile to the South, and destructive of its beliefs and safety.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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