submarine meaning

submarine as a verb

1. move forward or under in a sliding motion
   • The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car

   Type of: skid

2. throw with an underhand motion

   Type of: flip

3. bring down with a blow to the legs

   Type of: down

4. control a submarine

   Type of: operate

   Related forms: submariner

5. attack by submarine
   • The Germans submarined the Allies

   Type of: attack

submarine as a noun

1. a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

   Synonyms: pigboat, sub, U-boat

   Type of: submersible

   Kinds: attack submarine, auxiliary research submarine, fleet ballistic missile submarine, nautilus

2. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

   Synonyms: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

   Type of: sandwich

submarine as an adjective

1. beneath the surface of the sea

   Synonyms: undersea

   Similar: subsurface

submarine in a sentence

• A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.
• I've never seen a yellow submarine in my life.
• The submarine sank, never to rise again.
• The submarine was under pressure on the ocean floor.
• The submarine is forty meters below the surface.

How to pronounce submarine

submarine is pronounced /ˈsʌbmərin/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.