submerge
part of speech
verb (submerge, submerges, submerged, submerging); adjective submerged
meaning for a pupil
1) To submerge is to go under water, or to put something completely under water or another liquid. tree →
2) Submerged means covered by water. tree →
3) To be submerged in work or noise means to be completely surrounded or overwhelmed by it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, submarines submerge by filling tanks with water and surface by blowing it out — a lesson on floating and sinking. In geography, floods submerge roads and fields. In safety lessons: never drive or walk through submerged roads — water can be deeper and faster than it looks. In maths and science, you find the volume of an object by submerging it and measuring the rise in water.
examples
- The submarine began to submerge. tree →
- Submerge the egg in water to see if it floats. tree →
- Heavy rain submerged the football pitch. tree →
- The car was stuck on a submerged road. tree →
- Never walk through floodwater that has submerged the path. tree →
- Drop the stone in and measure how much the water rises when it is submerged. tree →
- She was submerged in homework all weekend. tree →
note
Spelling: drop the e before -ing (submerging). "Sub-" means under. Opposite: surface, emerge. Volume trick: the rise in water = the volume of the submerged object.
Trees and pragmatics
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