different between submerge vs sunk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). Surface analysis is sub- +? merge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?b?m??d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?b?m?d?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d?

Verb

submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)

1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.

2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

   Synonym: immerse

3. (transitive, figuratively) To be engulfed in or overwhelmed by something.

Synonyms

• submerse

Related terms

• submersion

Derived terms

• submergence
• submerger

Translations

References

• submerge at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.m???/

Verb

submerge

1. first-person singular present indicative of submerger
2. third-person singular present indicative of submerger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
5. second-person singular imperative of submerger

Latin

Verb

submerge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of submerg?

Portuguese

Verb

submerge

1. third-person singular present indicative of submergir
2. second-person singular imperative of submergir

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /s??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

sunk

1. past participle of sink
2. (dialectal) past tense of sink
   • Jonathan Swift

     He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.

See also

• sank