drowndraʊn(v.i.)

1. to die of suffocation under water or other liquid.

2. (v.t.)to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.

3. to destroy or get rid of by immersion:

   to drown one's troubles in drink.

4. to flood or inundate with water or liquid; drench; soak.

5. to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often fol. by

   out).

6. drown in, to be overwhelmed by. to be covered with or enveloped in.

   Category: Common Vocabulary, Verb Phrase

Origin of drown:

1250–1300; ME drounnen, OE druncnian

drown′er(n.)