Definition of Drowns

1. Verb. (third-person singular of drown) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drowns

1. drown [v] - See also: drown

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowns

drown out
drownage
drownages
drownd
drownded
drownder
drownding
drownds
drowned
drowner
drowners
drownest
drowneth
drowning
drownings
drowns (current term)
drows
drowse
drowse off
drowsed
drowses
drowsier
drowsiest
drowsihead
drowsihed
drowsily
drowsiness
drowsinesses
drowsing
drowsing(a)

Literary usage of Drowns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1913)
"Je 23 Glen Cove, LI Boy drowns saving caddy. Elizabeth, NJ 3 children drown in well. ... Mother drowns trying to save children, Rye, NY J14 W. Caroga Lake, ..."

2. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"... Sep" Cong' Chh late Mr. drowns now vacant, & very small Sandi- manian Society not exceed* a dozen if half a doz. families—tho' they have a small ..."

3. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"Th' encroaching tide, that drowns her . . . lands, £. G. 61. End. they that fly, Shall end where they began. Spring 34. envy oft thy happy grandsire's end. ..."

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