submerging

Examples

• All

• But I, I really like going and submerging my head.

• A sense of submerging, of suffocation, fills him.

  Fiction book (1998)

• All that had been light submerging mountain tops in stormwater.

• So there was reasonable cause to worry about submerging Radcliffe into a less than hospitable male university.

• So after a somewhat nerve wracking process of submerging beneath the Arctic Ocean, we were ready for the coolest sleepover ever.

• The submerging of the boat was so gradual that no one noticed until it was nearly underwater.

• The submerging of the city streets during the flood caught many residents off guard.

• The submerging of the statue in the lake created a beautiful reflection on the water's surface.

Synonyms

S

sinking

vssubmerging

17 2.8

A boat or object that goes below the water's surface

describes descent that continues until complete coverage by water

G

going under

vssubmerging

7 8.1

A boat or ship sinks below the water

applies to any object that descends until completely covered with water

I

immersion

vssubmerging

5 4.4

Being completely covered by a liquid like water

describes natural descent until completely covered rather than deliberate placement

S

submergence

vssubmerging

3 8.4

The state of being completely covered by water

is the same meaning but expressed as a continuous action form

S

submersion

vssubmerging

1 6.2

Putting something completely under water or another liquid

refers to going down naturally until fully covered by water

S

sinkage

vssubmerging

• Specialized

7.4

How far things sink into ground or water

focuses on the act of descending until fully covered rather than the measurement

Antonyms

S

surfacing

4 4.8

The act of something hidden becoming known or seen

E

emerging

3 4.1

Starting to appear and become important

How Deep

submerging

5.0

sinking

17 2.8

to immerse

9 4.2

to dunk

24 2.7

to dip

146 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology