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Drown

Drown Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Drown? [v] die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" [v] get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol" [v] kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens" [v] cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Drown: overwhelm \| submerge Related Terms \| Find terms related to Drown: asphyxiate \| baptize \| be clobbered \| be felled \| be killed \| be poleaxed \| be staggered \| be stricken \| bottle up \| burke \| bury \| censor \| choke \| choke off \| clamp down on \| come to grief \| cork \| cork up \| crack down on \| crush \| damp down \| deluge \| dip \| douse \| drench \| duck \| dunk \| engulf \| extinguish \| famish \| float \| flood \| flow on \| founder \| gag \| garrote \| have a mishap \| hold down \| immerge \| immerse \| inundate \| jump on \| keep down \| keep under \| kill \| knock over \| merge \| muzzle \| OD \| overcome \| overflow \| overpower \| overwhelm \| plunge in water \| pour on \| pour water on \| prostrate \| put down \| quash \| quell \| quench \| rain \| repress \| run aground \| shut down on \| silence \| sink \| sit down on \| sit on \| sluice \| smash \| smother \| soak \| sop \| souse \| squash \| squelch \| stanch \| starve \| stifle \| stop the breath \| strangle \| stultify \| subdue \| submerge \| submerse \| suffer a misfortune \| suffocate \| suppress \| swamp \| throttle \| wet \| whelm See Also \| cover \| decease \| die \| do away with \| drown out \| eliminate \| exit \| expire \| get rid of \| go \| kill \| pass \| pass away \| perish \| spread over Drown In Webster's Dictionary \Drown\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drowning}.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See {Drunken}, {Drink}.] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. Methought, what pain it was to drown. --Shak. \Drown\, v. t. 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. ``They drown the land.'' --Dryden. 2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. 3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir J. Davies. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. --Addison. {To drown up}, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland.

Drown Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Drown?

[v] die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
[v] get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
[v] kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"
[v] cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Drown: overwhelm | submerge

Drown In Webster's Dictionary

\Drown\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drowning}.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen,
druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk,
fr. druncen drunken. See {Drunken}, {Drink}.]
To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

      Methought, what pain it was to drown.    --Shak.


\Drown\, v. t.
1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. ``They
   drown the land.'' --Dryden.

2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said
   especially of sound.

         Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir
                                               J. Davies.

         My private voice is drowned amid the senate.
                                               --Addison.

{To drown up}, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland.

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