submerging

Definitions

The act of causing something to be under the surface of a liquid.

The process of being completely covered or obscured by something else.

The act of sinking or plunging into a medium.

Examples

The heavy rain resulted in the river submerging the low-lying fields near the village.

She felt a sense of peace while submerging herself in the cool water of the lake.

Synonyms

immersing drowning plunging sinking engulfing dipping dunking

Antonyms

surfacing emerging rising appearing revealing uncovering ascending