Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Rising above the surface of water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, standing out of or raised above water; raised partially above surrounding leaves: applied to the capsules of mosses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Standing out of, or rising above, water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany That
rises above thesurface
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I think that even though they present their version of language teaching as total emersion, if you were "emersed" you would at the very least have a japanese english dictionary!
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The story wouldn't have worked if the alien Idea wasn't so emersed in.
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Once it adapts to emersed growth it really takes off and it has a wonderful texture.
Transporter n 2009
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I took the water level down to 10 inches – approx. the golden ratio point - and I planted most everything so that it has the opportunity to grow emersed.
Sarracenia 2009
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I took the water level down to 10 inches – approx. the golden ratio point - and I planted most everything so that it has the opportunity to grow emersed.
Transporter n 2009
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As I grew older, the amount of “scrappers” that I knew grew exponentially, and now I feel fully emersed in the language, the lifestyle, and worst of all, the ecological consequences.
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Folks who think they can see one, are trying to be so reasonable and "fair", that they have emersed themselves in an extreme denial that may violate even their own personal values.
Washinton Post Recycles Old Op-Eds to Keep NCLB Hopes Alive Jim Horn 2009
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I know it's different for everyone, but I know what it's like to be emersed in a blackness and to find some relief and want to stay there.
Working on postcards, and my nihilism; dreams of being skinned, skewered Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Finally, a show I could become emersed in and forget about my daily grind.
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I find myself emersed into a world of computers - so much so that I've started writing poetry about it :/ But thats another story - I do however miss my rocks, especially me little slivers of meteorite and I know that Alaric feels guilty that its my career on hold and this tells me that when I do get to go back he's going to support me.
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