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drown
[ droun ]
verb (used without object)
- to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
verb (used with object)
- to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.
- to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion:
He drowned his sorrows in drink.
- to flood or inundate.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often followed by out ).
- to add too much water or liquid to (a drink, food, or the like).
- to slake (lime) by covering with water and letting stand.
verb phrase
- to be overwhelmed by:
The company is drowning in bad debts.
- to be covered with or enveloped in:
The old movie star was drowning in mink.
drown
/ ʊ /
verb
- to die or kill by immersion in liquid
- tr to destroy or get rid of as if by submerging
he drowned his sorrows in drink
- tr to drench thoroughly; inundate; flood
- trsometimes foll byout to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise
Derived Forms
- ˈǷɲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Ƿɲİ noun
- -ǷɲԱ adjective
- -ǷɲiԲ adjective
- ܲ·ǷɲԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of drown1
Word History and Origins
Origin of drown1
Idioms and Phrases
- like a drowned rat
Example Sentences
The request was drowned out by Israel’s allies — France, Germany, the U.S. — urging the court not to say the word “genocide.”
A coroner has written to the government to determine the owner of a shipwreck where a visitor drowned - so that safety warnings can be put in place.
Two cousins drowned after they were swept off rocks by large waves off the Devon coast, an inquest has heard.
Hymns played out on giant speakers, occasionally drowned out by the sound of helicopters flying overhead, as drones and seagulls crisscrossed over Michelangelo's dome.
Adrift and emasculated, Stan is less a patriarch than the defeated captain of a sinking ship, drowning in his futility.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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