Definitions for: Drown


[v] die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
[v] get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
[v] kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"
[v] cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"



Webster (1913) Definition: Drown, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen,
druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk,
fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.]
To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

Methought, what pain it was to drown. --Shak.


Drown, v. t.
1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. ``They
drown the land.'' --Dryden.

2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said
especially of sound.

Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir
J. Davies.

My private voice is drowned amid the senate.
--Addison.

To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland.

Synonyms: overwhelm, submerge

See Also: cover, decease, die, do away with, drown out, eliminate, exit, expire, get rid of, go, kill, pass, pass away, perish, spread over

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