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Verbs (4)
sink below the surface
v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
submerse
v. put under water; "submerge your head completely"
drown, overwhelm
v. cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
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Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (57)
lower, bring down, get down, take down, let down
v. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
drop, let fall
v. let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"
drop, fall vertically
v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
plunk, dive, plunge
v. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
dunk, souse, dip, plunge, douse
v. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
plunge, immerse
v. thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
drive, pull
v. of a car; "The van pulled up"
forge, spurt, spirt
v. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle
v. make a thrusting forward movement
speed, hurry, rush, race, hasten, hotfoot, hie, belt along, bucket along, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along
v. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
drown, kill by drowning
v. kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"
deluge, inundate
v. fill or cover completely, usually with water
overburden
v. burden with too much work or responsibility
deluge, overwhelm, flood out
v. charge someone with too many tasks
swamp, drench
v. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
swallow, engross, immerse, bury, eat up, swallow up, enclose completely
v. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
Synonyms (2)
make imperceptible, drown out
v. make imperceptible; "The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music"
Antonyms (0)
submerge
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