SUBMERGED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does submerged mean? 

• SUBMERGED (adjective)
  The adjective SUBMERGED has 2 senses:

1. beneath the surface of the water

2. growing or remaining under water

  Familiarity information: SUBMERGED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBMERGED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beneath the surface of the water

Synonyms:

submerged; submersed; underwater

Context example:

submerged rocks

Similar:

subsurface (beneath the surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Growing or remaining under water

Synonyms:

subaquatic; subaqueous; submerged; submersed; underwater

Context example:

submerged leaves

Similar:

aquatic (operating or living or growing in water)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

 Context examples 

Earlier this year, Zealandia was confirmed as Earth's seventh continent, but little is known about it because it's submerged more than a kilometer (two-thirds of a mile) under the sea.

(Scientists return from expedition to lost continent of Zealandia, National Science Foundation)

The research studied how other crops compare to rice when submerged in water.

(Grains in the rain, National Science Foundation)

These trees act as chimneys, funnelling the methane produced in the submerged soil into the atmosphere.

(Amazon trees are major source of methane emission, SciDev.Net)

The Earth of 3.2 billion years ago was a "water world" of submerged continents, geologists say, after analyzing oxygen isotope data from ancient ocean crust now exposed on land in Australia.

(Scientists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust, National Science Foundation)

Researchers say there is a submerged continent in the southwest Pacific Ocean, that should be considered an eighth continent.

(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)

Any submerged feelings will come out like a geyser, shooting skyward at full force.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Even now, after this long interval, I find myself thrilling as I think of it, and feeling once more that sudden flood of joy, amazement, and incredulity which utterly submerged my mind.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sometimes he was all but submerged, swimming through oblivion with a faltering stroke; and again, by some strange alchemy of soul, he would find another shred of will and strike out more strongly.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

In order to generate electricity, the yarns must be either submerged in or coated with an ionically conducting material, or electrolyte, which can be as simple as a mixture of ordinary table salt and water.

(Energy-Harvesting Yarns Generate Electricity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as I looked there came, I thought, a change—he seemed to swell—his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter—and the next moment, I had sprung to my feet and leaped back against the wall, my arms raised to shield me from that prodigy, my mind submerged in terror.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)