drown

[ droun ]

/ draʊn /

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verb (used without object)

to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.

verb (used with object)

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.

Verb Phrases

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

1250–1300; Middle English drounnen,Old English druncnian, perhaps by loss of c between nasals and shift of length from nn to ou

SYNONYMS FOR drown

4 deluge, engulf, submerge, drench, soak.

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OTHER WORDS FROM drown

drowner, nounhalf-drowned, adjectivehalf-drowning, adjectiveun·drowned, adjective

Words nearby drown

drouk, droukit, drouthy, drove, drover, drown, drowned valley, drown one's sorrows, drown out, drownproof, drownproofing

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for drown

If they were submerged for longer, the plants might have drowned, Armitage notes.
Soggy coastal soils? Here’s why ecologists love them|Alison Pearce Stevens|September 17, 2020|Science News For Students
One can imagine the captain of the Titanic insisting on pointing out that 900 people didn’t drown.
The problem with Trump’s ‘herd mentality’ line isn’t the verbal flub. It’s the mass death.|Philip Bump|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Any student of modern math must know what it feels like to drown in a well of telescoping terminology.
Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Laura Ball|September 2, 2020|Nautilus
Nala is Ophelia, Simba’s love, though thankfully she doesn’t go mad from being ignored by him and drown.
7 daring movie adaptations of literary classics|Allegra Frank|August 28, 2020|Vox

It could be how I so clearly remember the night I almost drowned.
Towards ‘Eternal Sunshine’? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion|Shelly Fan|July 28, 2020|Singularity Hub
It seems like, since we live in the sound bite era, grabby headlines like “EBOLA” and “ISIS” tend to drown out those numbers.
Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats’ Midterm Massacre|Marlow Stern|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Goldman, wisely, does not raise a raft of questions that drown a writer in the answering.
Mexico City: Francisco Goldman’s Other Lost Love|Jason Berry|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Watching her drown her sorrows in hooch and then get beat up by Crazy Eyes in the showers was ghastly…but great television.
Inside ‘Orange Is the New Black’ S2, Eps. 6-12: About That Shocking Incest Scene|Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If prioritizing guns over dead kids makes you angry, stand up and drown his words out with action.
Joe the Plumber’s ‘Dead Kid’ Callousness|Erica Lafferty|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stay at the shallow end of the pool until you learn to drown!
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A third drinks neither for the good of the Body or the Mind, but to stupify and drown both.
The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life|William Kitchiner
The young gentlemen hauled the poor sheep into the boat, for it would not have done to let it drown after having saved the child.
The Loss of the Royal George|W.H.G. Kingston
That they should leave her to drown, while they themselves fled to comparative safety in a boat, was more than he could believe.
The Stolen Singer|Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
If I'd said, 'Come along, I'm goin' to drown ye,' she'd 'a' come just the same.
Felix O'Day|F. Hopkinson Smith
I'll tell you what I'll do, Mr. Brown, if she starts to do that for my sake I'll drown myself.
The Hills of Refuge|Will N. Harben

British Dictionary definitions for drown

drown

/ (draʊn) /

verb

to die or kill by immersion in liquid

(tr) to destroy or get rid of as if by submerginghe 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

Derived forms of drown

drowner, noun

Word Origin for drown

C13: probably from Old English druncnian; related to Old Norse drukna to be drowned

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with drown

drown

In addition to the idioms beginning with drown

drown one's sorrows
drown out

also see:

like a drowned rat

单词	drown
释义	drown [ droun ] / draʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR drown ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object) to die under water or other liquid of suffocation. verb (used with object) 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. Verb Phrases 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 1250–1300; Middle English drounnen,Old English druncnian, perhaps by loss of c between nasals and shift of length from nn to ou SYNONYMS FOR drown 4 deluge, engulf, submerge, drench, soak. SEE SYNONYMS FOR drown ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM drown drowner, nounhalf-drowned, adjectivehalf-drowning, adjectiveun·drowned, adjective Words nearby drown drouk, droukit, drouthy, drove, drover, drown, drowned valley, drown one's sorrows, drown out, drownproof, drownproofing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drown If they were submerged for longer, the plants might have drowned, Armitage notes. Soggy coastal soils? Here’s why ecologists love them\|Alison Pearce Stevens\|September 17, 2020\|Science News For Students One can imagine the captain of the Titanic insisting on pointing out that 900 people didn’t drown. The problem with Trump’s ‘herd mentality’ line isn’t the verbal flub. It’s the mass death.\|Philip Bump\|September 16, 2020\|Washington Post Any student of modern math must know what it feels like to drown in a well of telescoping terminology. Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other - Issue 89: The Dark Side\|Laura Ball\|September 2, 2020\|Nautilus Nala is Ophelia, Simba’s love, though thankfully she doesn’t go mad from being ignored by him and drown. 7 daring movie adaptations of literary classics\|Allegra Frank\|August 28, 2020\|Vox It could be how I so clearly remember the night I almost drowned. Towards ‘Eternal Sunshine’? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion\|Shelly Fan\|July 28, 2020\|Singularity Hub It seems like, since we live in the sound bite era, grabby headlines like “EBOLA” and “ISIS” tend to drown out those numbers. Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats’ Midterm Massacre\|Marlow Stern\|November 9, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Goldman, wisely, does not raise a raft of questions that drown a writer in the answering. Mexico City: Francisco Goldman’s Other Lost Love\|Jason Berry\|September 25, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Watching her drown her sorrows in hooch and then get beat up by Crazy Eyes in the showers was ghastly…but great television. Inside ‘Orange Is the New Black’ S2, Eps. 6-12: About That Shocking Incest Scene\|Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern\|June 20, 2014\|DAILY BEAST If prioritizing guns over dead kids makes you angry, stand up and drown his words out with action. Joe the Plumber’s ‘Dead Kid’ Callousness\|Erica Lafferty\|May 29, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Stay at the shallow end of the pool until you learn to drown! Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview\|Alex Belth\|February 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST A third drinks neither for the good of the Body or the Mind, but to stupify and drown both. The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life\|William Kitchiner The young gentlemen hauled the poor sheep into the boat, for it would not have done to let it drown after having saved the child. The Loss of the Royal George\|W.H.G. Kingston That they should leave her to drown, while they themselves fled to comparative safety in a boat, was more than he could believe. The Stolen Singer\|Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger If I'd said, 'Come along, I'm goin' to drown ye,' she'd 'a' come just the same. Felix O'Day\|F. Hopkinson Smith I'll tell you what I'll do, Mr. Brown, if she starts to do that for my sake I'll drown myself. The Hills of Refuge\|Will N. Harben British Dictionary definitions for drown drown / (draʊn) / verb to die or kill by immersion in liquid (tr) to destroy or get rid of as if by submerginghe 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 Derived forms of drown drowner, noun Word Origin for drown C13: probably from Old English druncnian; related to Old Norse drukna to be drowned Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with drown 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. Words related to drown drench, go down, inundate, immerse, soak, flood, wipe out, swamp, suffocate, sink, engulf, douse, asphyxiate, plunge, deluge, overwhelm, prostrate, obliterate, souse, overpower
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drown

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