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submerged

[suhb-murjd]

adjective

  1. under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.

  2. hidden, covered, or unknown.

    There are many submerged facts which could have a bearing on the case.

  3. poverty-stricken; destitute; impoverished.

    a program to aid the submerged socioeconomic groups.



submerged

/ səbˈmɜːdʒd, səbˈmɜːst /

adjective

  1. (of plants or plant parts) growing beneath the surface of the water

  2. hidden; obscured

  3. overwhelmed or overburdened

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • half-submerged adjective
  • nonsubmerged adjective
  • semisubmerged adjective
  • unsubmerged adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of submerged1

First recorded in 1790–1800; submerge + -ed 2
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The effect is that of being submerged in a lush wash of beauteous flute chords.

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He was submerged for a minute and 52 seconds before volunteers from the club realised he was under the water.

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Northridge and her team had to research how concrete ages while submerged; the effects team built a giant chlorinated water tank.

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He added that "surging flood water submerged and washed away over 50 residential houses with their occupants".

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The present is always understood as an impending catastrophe in which white people will be killed en masse or “utterly submerged,” but there’s no discoverable or recoverable past moment when the fear was absent.

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