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1. (v.i.) drown
to die of suffocation under water or other liquid.
2. (v.t.) drown
to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.
3. drown
to destroy or get rid of by immersion:
to drown one's troubles in drink.
4. drown
to flood or inundate with water or liquid; drench; soak.
5. drown
to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often fol. by
out).
6. drown
drown in,
7. drown
to be overwhelmed by.
8. drown
to be covered with or enveloped in.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME drounnen, OE druncnian)
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| Definition of 'drown' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) submerge, drown, overwhelm
cover completely or make imperceptible
"I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
2. (verb) drown
get rid of as if by submerging
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
3. (verb) drown
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
"The child drowned in the lake"
4. (verb) drown
kill by submerging in water
"He drowned the kittens"
5. (verb) swim, drown
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
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1. (verb) drown
to die or kill by sinking under water
She drowned in the pond.; They drowned the puppies.; an accidental drowning
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) drown
to be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water
2. (verb) drown
to overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate
3. (verb) drown
to deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid
4. (verb) drown
to overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound
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Sense: to (cause to) sink in water and so suffocate and die
He drowned in the river; He tried to drown the cat.
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 Afrikaans: verdrink |
 Arabic: يَغْرَقُ |
 Bulgarian: давя (се) |
 Brazilian: afogar |
 Czech: utopit (se) |
 German: ertrinken, ertränken |
 Danish: drukne |
 Greek: πνίγω, πνίγομαι |
 Spanish: ahogar |
 Estonian: uputama, uppuma |
 Farsi: غرق شدن |
 Finnish: hukkua |
 French: (se) noyer |
 Hebrew: לְהַטבִּיע |
 Hindi: डूब कर मरना, डूबाकर मारना |
 Croatian: utopiti se |
 Hungarian: vízbe fullad v. fojt |
 Indonesian: tenggelam |
 Icelandic: drukkna; drekkja |
 Italian: affogare, annegare |
 Japanese: おぼれさせる |
 Korean: 익사하다 |
 Lithuanian: (nu)skęsti, (nu)skandinti |
 Latvian: []slīkt; noslīcināt |
 Malay: mati lemas |
 Dutch: verdrinken |
 Norwegian: drukne |
 Polish: (u)topić (się) |
 Persian: غرق شدن |
 Pashto: ډوبيدل |
 Portuguese: afogar |
 Romanian: a (se)îneca |
 Russian: тонуть; топить |
 Slovak: utopiť (sa) |
 Slovenian: utopiti (se) |
 Serbian: udaviti |
 Swedish: drunkna, dränka |
 Thai: จมน้ำ |
 Turkish: boğ(ul)mak |
 Taiwanese: 溺死 |
 Ukrainian: тонути; потопати |
 Urdu: پانی میں ڈوب کر یا ڈبا کر |
 Vietnamese: chết đuối |
 Chinese: 溺死 |
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