submarine
IPA: sˈʌbmɝin
noun
- A boat that can go underwater.
- A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
- (baseball) A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
verb
- (intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
- (transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
- (intransitive, automotive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
adjective
- Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea.
- Hidden or undisclosed.
- (baseball) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
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Examples of "submarine" in Sentences
- And the pink submarine is one of the great movie images of all time.
- The submarine is armed with Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
- I almost looks like a whale or a submarine is baring down on them in the background.
- When his submarine is bombed, McClenahan gallantly chooses to save his crew over himself.
- Prickly Sharks are found mostly in submarine canyons and its numbers are being depleted due to overfishing.
- Danny Lawson/Associated Press The submarine is armed with Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
- Frogman Corps with extensive training in submarine lock-out/lock-in procedures, parachute insertion into open sea and subsequent amphibious assault operations.
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