SUBMARINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does submarine mean? 

• SUBMARINE (noun)
  The noun SUBMARINE has 2 senses:

1. a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

2. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

  Familiarity information: SUBMARINE used as a noun is rare.

• SUBMARINE (adjective)
  The adjective SUBMARINE has 1 sense:

1. beneath the surface of the sea

  Familiarity information: SUBMARINE used as an adjective is very rare.

• SUBMARINE (verb)
  The verb SUBMARINE has 5 senses:

1. move forward or under in a sliding motion

2. throw with an underhand motion

3. bring down with a blow to the legs

4. control a submarine

5. attack by submarine

  Familiarity information: SUBMARINE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBMARINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pigboat; sub; submarine; U-boat

Hypernyms ("submarine" is a kind of...):

submersible; submersible warship (a warship designed to operate under water)

Meronyms (parts of "submarine"):

escape hatch (hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency)

conning tower (a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting)

periscope (an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field)

breather; schnorchel; schnorkel; snorkel; snorkel breather (air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time)

asdic; echo sounder; sonar (a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "submarine"):

attack submarine (a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping)

auxiliary research submarine (a submarine for research purposes)

fleet ballistic missile submarine (a submarine carrying ballistic missiles)

nautilus; nuclear-powered submarine; nuclear submarine (a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power)

Derivation:

submarine (beneath the surface of the sea)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bomber; Cuban sandwich; grinder; hero; hero sandwich; hoagie; hoagy; Italian sandwich; poor boy; sub; submarine; submarine sandwich; torpedo; wedge; zep

Hypernyms ("submarine" is a kind of...):

sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)

• SUBMARINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beneath the surface of the sea

Synonyms:

submarine; undersea

Similar:

subsurface (beneath the surface)

Derivation:

submarine (a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes)

• SUBMARINE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move forward or under in a sliding motion

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car

Hypernyms (to "submarine" is one way to...):

skid; slew; slide; slip; slue (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw with an underhand motion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "submarine" is one way to...):

flip; pitch; sky; toss (throw or toss with a light motion)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bring down with a blow to the legs

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "submarine" is one way to...):

cut down; down; knock down; pull down; push down (cause to come or go down)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Control a submarine

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "submarine" is one way to...):

control; operate (handle and cause to function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

submariner (a member of the crew of a submarine)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Attack by submarine

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

The Germans submarined the Allies

Hypernyms (to "submarine" is one way to...):

assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The papers which this wretched youth had in his pocket were the plans of the Bruce-Partington submarine.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The submarine location presents advantages for scientific studies.

(Underwater volcano's fiery eruption captured in detail by seafloor observatory, NSF)

The Lost 52 Project announced on Sunday that a sunken World War II-era submarine wreck they found last June was the remains of the U.S.S. Grayback.

(Lost 52 Project announces discovery of wrecked sub near Okinawa, Wikinews)

In late December 2014, a submarine volcano in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga erupted, sending a violent stream of steam, ash and rock into the air.

(NASA Shows New Tongan Island Made of Tuff Stuff, Likely to Persist Years, NASA)

Do you mean to say that anyone holding these three papers, and without the seven others, could construct a Bruce-Partington submarine?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Tambor-class submarine U.S.S. Grayback encountered a Japanese Nakajima b5N carrier bomber while returning from its tenth patrol in late February 1944.

(Lost 52 Project announces discovery of wrecked sub near Okinawa, Wikinews)

On the other, the plans of the Bruce-Partington submarine are presumably already on the Continent.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Lost 52 Project, named after the number of U.S. Navy submarines sunk during World War II, has previously located several of those vessels — three or four by varying reports — using data released by the U.S. Navy.

(Lost 52 Project announces discovery of wrecked sub near Okinawa, Wikinews)

The recurring words, “water pressure” and “pressure to the square inch” suggested some possible relation to a submarine.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But I can assure you that so far as the essentials go—the storage of munitions, the preparation for submarine attack, the arrangements for making high explosives—nothing is prepared.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)