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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024drown /draʊn/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) die from being put under water: [no object]Several hundred people drowned in the flood.[~ + object]The flood drowned several hundred people.
- to destroy by or as if by flooding:[~ + object]She drowned her sorrow in drinking.
- to flood or cover over with liquid;
soak:[~ + object]Most of the soybean crop was drowned in the torrential floods. - to overwhelm (with sounds, etc.) so as to make (someone or something) impossible to hear: [~ + out + object]The roar of the plane drowned out the pilot's announcements.[~ + object + out]They drowned me out during my talk.
- drown in, [~ + in + object] to be overwhelmed by:I was drowning in work.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024drown (droun),USA pronunciation v.i. - to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
v.t. - 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 fol. by out).
- to add too much water or liquid to (a drink, food, or the like).
- Buildingto 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.
- Middle English drounnen, Old English druncnian, perh. by loss of c between nasals and shift of length from nn to ou 1250–1300
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deluge, engulf, submerge, drench, soak.
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