meaning of drown
1. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
2. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
3. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
4. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.
5. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the
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Related Words
drown | drown out | drownage | drowned | drowner | drowning |