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drown

  [droun]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
–verb (used with object)
2. to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.
3. to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion: He drowned his sorrows in drink.
4. to flood or inundate.
5. to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often fol. by out).
6. to add too much water or liquid to (a drink, food, or the like).
7. to slake (lime) by covering with water and letting stand.
—Verb phrase
8. drown in,
a. to be overwhelmed by: The company is drowning in bad debts.
b. to be covered with or enveloped in: The old movie star was drowning in mink.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME drounnen, OE druncnian, perh. by loss of c between nasals and shift of length from nn to ou

Related forms:
drowner, noun

Synonyms:
4. deluge, engulf, submerge, drench, soak.
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Word Origin & History

drown 
c.1300, perhaps from O.E. druncnian "be swallowed up by water" (originally of ships as well as living things), from base of drincan "to drink." Modern form is from northern England dialect, probably infl. by O.N. drukna "be drowned."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: drown
Pronunciation: 'draun
Function: verb
Inflected Form: drowned /'draund/; drown·ing /'drau-ni[ng]/
intransitive senses
1 : to suffocate in water or some other liquid
2 : to suffocate because of excess of body fluid that interferes with the passage ofoxygen from the lungs to the body tissues (as in pulmonary edema) drown transitive senses
: to suffocate by submersion especially in water <drowned threekittens>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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