| Main Entry: | submerge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dunk in liquid |
Synonyms: |
deluge, descend, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, engulf, flood, go down, go under, immerse, impregnate, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, plunge, sink, sound, souse, submerse, subside, swamp, whelm |
| Notes: | immerse means to thrust into or engross fully; submerge means sink below the surface or put under water |
Antonyms: |
dry, surface |
| Main Entry: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
Synonyms: |
bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
Antonyms: |
dirty |
| Main Entry: | bury |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant in ground |
Synonyms: |
drive in, embed, engulf, implant, sink, submerge |
Antonyms: |
dig out |
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate with water |
Synonyms: |
douse, drench, drown, engulf, flood, flush, gush, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, pour, sluice, soak, sop, souse, stream, submerge, swamp, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | descend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move down, lower a |
Synonyms: |
cascade, cataract, cave in, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, lose balance, penetrate, pitch, plop, plummet, plunge, prolapse, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slough off, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep |
Antonyms: |
ascend, go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into liquid |
Synonyms: |
baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
Synonyms: |
belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go headfirst, gutter, header, jump, leap, lunge, nose-dive, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault |
Antonyms: |
ascend, go up, jump |
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
Synonyms: |
blow out, deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, squench, steep, submerge, submerse, wet |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | drench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wet thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem |
Antonyms: |
dry, parch |
| Main Entry: | duck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop down; avoid |
Synonyms: |
bend, bob, bow, crouch, dip, dive, dodge, double, elude, escape, evade, fence, lower, lurch, move to side, parry, plunge, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, stoop, submerge |
Antonyms: |
face, jump, meet |