SUBMARINE
\sˈʌbməɹˌiːn], \sˈʌbməɹˌiːn], \s_ˈʌ_b_m_ə_ɹ_ˌiː_n]\
Definitions of SUBMARINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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control a submarine
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bring down with a blow to the legs, in sports
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throw with an underhand motion, as of a baseball
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A submarine boat; esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. submergible submarine when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and submersible submarine when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.
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Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.
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A submarine plant or animal.
By Oddity Software
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A submarine boat; esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. submergible submarine when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and submersible submarine when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.
By Noah Webster.
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Growing, done, or used under water in the sea.
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A war vessel which can remain long under water, and which carries and fires torpedoes; an undersea plant or animal: submarine diving bell, a hollow chamber supplied with air, in which men may work under water without danger.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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