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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.
to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often followed byout ).
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
drown in
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
/ draʊn /
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
to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise
Other Word Forms
- drowner noun
- half-drowned adjective
- half-drowning adjective
- undrowned adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of drown1
Word History and Origins
Origin of drown1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
“We’re like drowning people clutching at straws,” he said, adding that the ceasefire meant for him the chance “to return to a normal life.”
In the play—spoiler alert—Ophelia drowns in a river after her father is murdered by Hamlet, whom she may have been in love with.
Leo recalled the photo of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach in 2015, and who became a symbol of the plight of migrants.
I could see the familiar dirt tracks, and the houses drowning in lush vegetation.
Online safety experts say AI churning out questionable stories, propaganda and ads is drowning out human-generated content in some cases, and worsening the information ecosystem.
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