Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To operate or serve on a submarine.

    attack by submarine

  2. (transitive)To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.

  3. (figuratively, intransitive, sometimes)To sink or submerge oneself.

  4. (intransitive)To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).

    The seatback should always be up while driving so that the occupant doesn't submarine and potentially suffer severe internal injury.

Examples

51 sentences
  1. I've never been in a submarine.

    ruЯ никогда не был на подводной лодке. — Balamax

  2. I've never seen a yellow submarine in my life.

    ruЯ никогда в жизни не видел жёлтую подводную лодку. — odexed

    deBis jetzt habe ich nie ein gelbes U-Boot gesehen. — Esperantostern

  3. The submarine's periscope was sticking out of the water.

    ruПерископ подводной лодки выглядывал из-под воды. — Nattiko

  4. Is that a submarine?

    ruЭто подводная лодка? — marafon

    deIst das ein U-Boot? — Sudajaengi

  5. The submarine submerged in the water.

    Підводний човен занурився під воду. — Balamax

    ruПодводная лодка погрузилась под воду. — Balamax

Forms

submarines, submarining, submarined, submarined
Base formsubmarine · to submarine
3rd person singularsubmarines
Present participlesubmarining
Past simplesubmarined
Past participlesubmarined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysubmarine
he, she, itsubmarines

Past simpleLesson

all personssubmarined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave submarined
he, she, ithas submarined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill submarine

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsubmariner

See also

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