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submarine

[ noun suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen; adjective verb suhb-muh-reen ]

noun

  1. a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  2. something situated or living under the surface of the sea, as a plant or animal.
  3. Chiefly Northeastern and North Midland U.S. a hero sandwich.


adjective

  1. situated, occurring, operating, or living under the surface of the sea:

    a submarine mountain.

  2. of, relating to, or carried on by a submarine or submarines:

    submarine warfare.

verb (used without object)

, sub·ma·rined, sub·ma·rin·ing.
  1. to participate in the operating of a submarine.
  2. to move or slide under something.
  3. Slang.
    1. to be thrown under the steering wheel of the vehicle one is driving during a frontal crash.
    2. to be thrown out of one's seat belt in such a crash.

verb (used with object)

, sub·ma·rined, sub·ma·rin·ing.
  1. to attack or sink by submarine.

submarine

/ ˈsʌbməˌriːn; ˌsʌbməˈriːn /

noun

  1. a vessel, esp one designed for warfare, capable of operating for protracted periods below the surface of the sea Often shortened tosub
  2. modifier
    1. of or relating to a submarine

      a submarine captain

    2. occurring or situated below the surface of the sea

      a submarine cable

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of submarine1

1640–50; 1895–1900 submarine fordef 1; sub- + marine
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Example Sentences

Undersea robots, submarines and devices that track fish or other sea animals use a similar technique.

Shuttered in a house on foreign soil where I don’t speak the language, I have found myself snapping back into submarine deployment mode.

Instead of rockets, the proposed lander would use fans to push itself around, almost like a submarine, turning the disadvantage of the dense atmosphere into an advantage.

After we’d laid the groundwork in the design-and-build class, my students and I were joined in our efforts by Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, where researchers work on things like missile guidance systems and submarine navigation.

Lost to the sea, sunken ships and submarines can create new habitats in the deep.

The new submarine and the LRS-B are “uploadable” systems that can carry more warheads if strategic requirements change.

William—absent Kate and Prince George—arrived by helicopter to Gosport Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Hampshire today.

The tactical balance between the surface warship and the submarine has strategic impact.

Other improvements are making the submarine more elusive and lethal.

The onetime nuclear submarine weapons officer has entered a not guilty plea.

Meanwhile, the Australian submarine has got up through the Narrows and has torpedoed a gunboat at Chunuk.

The submarine E.14 sailed into harbour after a series of hair-raising adventures in the Sea of Marmora.

As we were leaving, a message came in to say that an enemy submarine had been sighted off Gaba Tepe.

The submarine scare is full on; the beastly things have frightened us more than all the Turks and all their German guns.

Asking his commands, the stranger said, 'I am one of the submarine inhabitants of this neighborhood.

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