drown

1. v. i. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. Source: opted

2. v. t. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. Source: opted

4. v. t. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. Source: opted

5. v. cover completely or make imperceptible Source: wordnet

6. v. get rid of as if by submerging Source: wordnet

7. v. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating Source: wordnet

8. v. kill by submerging in water Source: wordnet

9. v. be covered with or submerged in a liquid Source: wordnet

10. v. be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation Source: wordnet

11. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak. 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. Source: webster

12. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak. Source: adambom

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