Definition of Drown

1. Verb. Cover completely or make imperceptible. "The noise drowned out her speech"

Exact synonyms: Overwhelm, Submerge
Generic synonyms: Cover, Spread Over
Also: Drown Out

2. Verb. Get rid of as if by submerging. "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

3. Verb. Die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating. "The child drowned in the lake"

4. Verb. Kill by submerging in water. "They want to drown the prisoners "; "He drowned the kittens"
Generic synonyms: Kill

5. Verb. Be covered with or submerged in a liquid. "The meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
Exact synonyms: Swim
Generic synonyms: Be

Definition of Drown

1. v. i. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

2. v. t. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.

Definition of Drown

1. Verb. (intransitive) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; — said especially of sound; usually in the form "to drown out" ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in an abundant mass ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drown

1. to suffocate in water [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drown

drouthiest
drouths
drouthy
drove
drove chisel
droved
droven
drover
drovers
droves
droveway
droving
drovings
drovy
drow
drown (current term)
drown'd
drown one's sorrows
drown out
drownage
drownages
drownd
drownded
drownder
drownding
drownds
drowned
drowner
drowners
drownest

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