submerge
verb (used with object)
to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
are submerging
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present progressiveof submerge.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As well as other roads, hydroelectric dams are submerging more forest and bringing more people to the region.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2019
Yet some operators of supercomputers are submerging their machines in liquids, without causing any apparent damage, to keep them from overheating.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2014
If you plunge a book into water you are submerging the book: that is your side.
From Quiet Talks on Power by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
