to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.

to cover or overflow with water; immerse.

to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress

His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.

to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.

to be covered or lost from sight.

verb

dry , surface

verb

deluge , descend , dip , douse , drench , drown , duck , engulf , flood , go down , go under , immerse , impregnate , inundate , overflow , overwhelm , plunge , sink , sound , souse , submerse , subside , swamp , whelmnotes:immerse means to thrust into or engross fully; submerge means sink below the surface or put under water , dunk , immerge , founder , flush , whelm , hide , dive , obscure