drown
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
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 by out).
to add too much water or liquid to (a drink, food, or the like).
to slake (lime) by covering with water and letting stand.
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.
Origin of drown
1Other words for drown
Other words from drown
- drowner, noun
- half-drowned, adjective
- half-drowning, adjective
- un·drowned, adjective
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How to use drown in a sentence
Pa’Lante employs a network of local watchdog groups plugged into the communities it monitors, and creates accurate content that is meant to drown out mis- and disinformation.
“It’s been really, really bad”: How Hispanic voters are being targeted by disinformation | Tate Ryan-Mosley | October 12, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWorrisomely, in our current age of anxiety and populist upheaval, such a message of restraint is easily drowned in the din of polarized outrage.
If you didn’t get drowned right away then it was just a matter of holding on and waiting for relief.
As Farah accelerated ahead, the crowd drowned out any chance of hearing the stadium announcers.
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A: Well, I felt more or less like I was drowning, just gasping between life and death.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey want to hear, even as smaller artists are just dying to be heard, drowning in the streams.
Taylor Swift Dumps Spotify, Igniting Turf War Between Spotify and Apple | Dale Eisinger | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCalifornia died in 1997 while rescuing his son from drowning in Hawaii.
‘No Stairway, Denied!’ Led Zeppelin Lawsuit Winds on Down the Road | Keith Phipps | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDr. Neal is a spine surgeon who made a trip to heaven while drowning in a kayak accident in South America.
Book Bag: Reading Your Way Out Of Grief | Anna Whiston-Donaldson | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey even alleged that some of the Sunni Muslims they killed were “drowning” in alcohol and drugs and had more than four wives.
If a husband were to see his wife drowning, what single letter of the alphabet would he name?
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThis man had often escaped drowning, and only recently upon the blessed day of last Pentecost.
A millionaire might offer more for a life belt as a souvenir than a drowning man could pay for it to save his life.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockOn the wash-stand a spangled white tulle hat lay drowning in a basin half full of water.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonA fifty-mile breeze lashed us spitefully, tugging at our shirt-sleeves and drowning our voices, while we halted on that pinnacle.
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British Dictionary definitions for drown
/ (draʊn) /
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
(tr sometimes foll by out) to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise
Origin of drown
1Derived forms of drown
- drowner, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with drown
In addition to the idioms beginning with drown
- drown one's sorrows
- drown out
also see:
- like a drowned rat
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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