submerged
Americanadjective
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under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
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hidden, covered, or unknown.
There are many submerged facts which could have a bearing on the case.
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poverty-stricken; destitute; impoverished.
a program to aid the submerged socioeconomic groups.
adjective
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(of plants or plant parts) growing beneath the surface of the water
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hidden; obscured
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overwhelmed or overburdened
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of submerged
Explanation
When something is submerged, it's under water — like a submarine, a car caught in a flood, or your feet in a wading pool. Use the adjective submerged to describe something that stays under the surface of the water. The flood in your basement might cause your exercise equipment to be submerged, and you probably snorkel with your face submerged. You can also use submerged to describe something that's covered up. For example, you might try to keep your sad feelings about your dog's death submerged when you're with your friends.
Vocabulary lists containing submerged
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Example Sentences
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Kikai is a mostly submerged volcanic caldera south of Japan.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Brown, from Clacton, Essex, was fatally thrown from his speedboat boat on the River Thames, when it hit a submerged tree trunk, in December 2015.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some passengers were frantically clinging to the hull of the partially submerged vessel, he said, as rescuers administered CPR to a man on a San Francisco police boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
More disappointing is watching a role held aloft by Witherspoon’s charisma and unsinkable pep be submerged in attitudinal gloom despite Minetree’s best efforts.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Every pore of his body screamed in protest: The very air in his lungs seemed to freeze solid as he was submerged to his shoulders in the frozen water.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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