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submersed

American  
[suhb-murst] / səbˈmɜrst /

adjective

  1. submerged.

  2. Botany. growing under water.


Etymology

Origin of submersed

1720–30; < Latin submers ( us ) ( see submerse) + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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“When the nets are submersed in water, the banana pingers automatically turn on and make a high-pitched sound that dolphins and porpoises are able to hear,” Enever says.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022

In the same spirit, he wondered what treasures might be submersed in Bitcoin’s data lake.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022

Even Lady Gaga, who walked the runway as a model, submersed herself in the clothes.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2016

They are submersed aquatics, or a few of them with long-stalked, floating leaves.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

In both of these the plants are completely submersed, but there is a special arrangement for bringing the flowers to the surface of the water.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton