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submerged

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sub·merged  (sb-mûrjd)
adj.
1. Botany Growing or remaining under water: submerged leaves.
2. Living in poverty or misery.
3. Having been hidden.

submerged [səbˈmɜːdʒd], submersed [səbˈmɜːst]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants or plant parts) growing beneath the surface of the water
2. hidden; obscured
3. overwhelmed or overburdened
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.submergedsubmerged - beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks"
subsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon"
2.submergedsubmerged - growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves"
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
aquatic - operating or living or growing in water; "boats are aquatic vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are aquatic animals"

submerged
adjective immersed, sunk, underwater, drowned, submarine, sunken, undersea, subaqueous, submersed, subaquatic Most of the mouth of the cave was submerged in the lake.
Translations
submerged [səbˈmɜːdʒd] ADJsumergido
submerged [səbˈmɜːrdʒd] adj [rock, cave] → submergé(e)
submerged
adj rocksunter Wasser; wreckgesunken; cityversunken; (Pol: = underprivileged) → unterdrückt; (Psych) → verdrängt; to be half submergedhalb versunken sein; the house was completely submergeddas Haus stand völlig unter Wasser; she is submerged in worksie erstickt in Arbeit


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Had it struck on a submerged rock, or on an enormous wreck?
We should have cut into the water like a hot knife through butter, and have been totally submerged with scarce a jar--I have done it a thousand times--but I did not dare submerge the Coldwater for fear that it would remain submerged to the end of time--a condition far from conducive to the longevity of commander or crew.
There remains to-day but a very imperceptible vestige of the Place de Grève, such as it existed then; it consists in the charming little turret, which occupies the angle north of the Place, and which, already enshrouded in the ignoble plaster which fills with paste the delicate lines of its sculpture, would soon have disappeared, perhaps submerged by that flood of new houses which so rapidly devours all the ancient façades of Paris.
 
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