drown  /dræʊn/

verb

1. cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

synset: submerge, drown, overwhelm

2. get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

synset: drown

3. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"

synset: drown

4. kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

synset: drown

5. be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

synset: swim, drown

6. be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation; "the divers saved the drowning child"

synset: drown

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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