Other Definitions
submarine (enc)
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Submarine| Noun | 1. | submarine - a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoesattack submarine - a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping conning tower - a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency periscope - an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field asdic, echo sounder, sonar - a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging; asdic is an acronym for anti-submarine detection investigation committee | | | 2. | submarine - 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 Stateshero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, Cuban sandwich, grinder, zep, torpedo, wedge, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them | | | Verb | 1. | submarine - move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"slide, slew, slue, slip, skid - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" | | | 2. | submarine - throw with an underhand motionbaseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" pitch, sky, toss, flip - throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" | | | 3. | submarine - bring down with a blow to the legsathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition knock down, push down, pull down, cut down, down - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" | | | 4. | submarine - control a submarinecontrol, operate - handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" | | | 5. | submarine - attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" | | | Adj. | 1. | submarine - beneath the surface of the seasubsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon" | |
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