submarine

8 definitions found

submarine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hoagie \hoagie\, hoagy \hoagy\n.
     a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is 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 U. S., such as hero,
     grinder, and submarine.
  
     Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban
          sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine,
          submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Submarine \Sub`ma*rine"\, a.
     Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as,
     submarine navigators; submarine plants.
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     Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material,
        having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped
        through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a
        diver to remain under water.
  
     Submarine cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
        
  
     Submarine mine. See Torpedo, 2
     (a) .
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  Submarine \Sub*ma*rine"\, n.
     A submarine plant or animal.
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  Submarine \Sub`ma*rine"\, n.
     1. A submarine boat; a ship that can travel under the surface
        of the water. Most such ships are ships of war, as part of
        a navy, but submarines are also used for oceanic research.
        Also called sub and (from the German U-Boot) U-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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     2. A stowaway on a seagoing vessel. [Colloq.]
        [PJC]
  
     3. A submarine sandwich.
        [PJC]

  submarine sandwich \sub`ma*rine" sand"wich\, n.
     A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely
     cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs,
     lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced
     variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied;
     called also hoagie, hero, hero sandwich, grinder,
     sub, submarine, poor boy, and Italian sandwich. A
     single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very
     large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings
     and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
     [PJC]

  Armor \Ar"mor\, n. [OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr.
     L. armatura. See Armature.] [Spelt also armour.]
     1. Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn
        to protect one's person in battle.
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     Note: In English statues, armor is used for the whole
           apparatus of war, including offensive as well as
           defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms
           every man should provide.
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     2. Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts,
        protecting them from the fire of artillery.
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     Coat armor, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its
        several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest,
        supporters, motto, etc.
  
     Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See
        under Submarine.
        [1913 Webster]

submarine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  submarine
      adj 1: beneath the surface of the sea [syn: submarine,
             undersea]
      n 1: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn:
           submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat]
      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 [syn: bomber,
         grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban   sandwich
         , Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
         submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
      v 1: move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was
           injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the
           car"
      2: throw with an underhand motion
      3: bring down with a blow to the legs
      4: control a submarine
      5: attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"

submarine - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "submarine":
     Aqua-Lung, U-boat, U-boot, Unterseeboot, air cylinder, aquascope,
     bathyscaphe, bathysphere, benthoscope, buried, diving bell,
     diving boat, diving chamber, diving goggles, diving helmet,
     diving hood, diving mask, diving suit, drowned, engulfed, flooded,
     immersed, inundated, periscope, pigboat, scuba, snorkel, sub,
     subaqueous, submerged, submersed, submersible, sunken, swim fins,
     undersea, underwater, wet suit