tenggelam — meaning in English

English meaning

• drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
• submerge verb To go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.

Senses

tenggelam is used for these senses in English:

• drown (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
• drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
• submerge (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

drown — full definition

1. verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
2. verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.

submerge — full definition

1. verb To go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.
2. verb To put something fully under the surface of a liquid.
3. verb To overwhelm or engulf, often figuratively.

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