Noun

• S: (n) submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion (sinking until covered completely with water)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) sinking (a descent as through liquid (especially through water)) "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
• S: (n) settling, subsiding, subsidence (a gradual sinking to a lower level)
• S: (n) submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion (sinking until covered completely with water)
• S: (n) foundering, going under ((of a ship) sinking)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing (the act of wetting something by submerging it)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) wetting (the act of making something wet)
• derivationally related form