submerge > define

verb

• Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water.
  • synonyms: submerse
• Cover completely or make imperceptible.
  • usage: "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
  • synonyms: drown, overwhelm
• Put under water.
  • usage: "submerge your head completely"
  • synonyms: submerse
• Fill or cover completely, usually with water.
  • synonyms: inundate, deluge

• (v.t.) To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
• (v.t.) To put under water; to plunge.
• (v.i.) To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.