About The Word Drown
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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. |
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