verb
- to put or plunge under water or another liquid
Usage: formal
Examples
- The scientist will submerse the specimen in the solution.
- She submersed the dirty dishes in soapy water.
- The submarine can submerse to great depths.
- He submersed his hands in the cold stream.
- The archaeologist carefully submersed the artifact in preservative.
- They submersed the metal parts in acid to clean them.