sub|ma|rine

sub|ma|rine
sub|ma|rine «noun, verb. SUHB muh reen; adjective. SUHB muh REEN», noun, verb, -rined, -rin|ing, adjective.
–n.
1. a boat that can go under water. Submarines are used in warfare for attacking enemy ships with torpedoes and for launching guided missiles. »

Nuclear-powered submarines have broken all earlier records for speed, endurance, and time submerged (Raymond V. B. Blackman).

2. a) an organism that lives under water. b) anything designed to be used under water, such as a mine or other explosive device.
3. U.S. Slang. a hero sandwich.
–v.t.
to attack, damage, or sink by a submarine.
–v.i.
Football. to charge very low against and upset a lineman.
–adj.
1. happening, growing, done, or used below the surface of the sea; underwater: »

submarine plants, a submarine mine. The continental terrace is one of the main subjects of investigation in submarine geology today (Scientific American).

2. of or carried out by a submarine or submarines: »

submarine tactics, submarine warfare, a submarine attack.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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