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Noun
S:
(n)
submergence
,
submerging
,
submersion
,
immersion
(sinking until covered completely with water)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
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
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"