Noun

• S: (n) submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion (sinking until covered completely with water)
• S: (n) ingress, immersion ((astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse)
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• antonym
• S: (n) concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion (complete attention; intense mental effort)
• S: (n) immersion (a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged)
• S: (n) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing (the act of wetting something by submerging it)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) submerge [Related to: submersion] (put under water) "submerge your head completely"
• W: (v) submerse [Related to: submersion] (put under water) "submerge your head completely"
• W: (v) immerse [Related to: immersion] (cause to be immersed) "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
• W: (v) duck [Related to: ducking] (dip into a liquid) "He dipped into the pool"
• W: (v) duck [Related to: ducking] (submerge or plunge suddenly)
• W: (v) douse [Related to: dousing] (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate) "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"