verb#3,235 by frequency
drown
/dɹaʊn/
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid; To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid; To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in water or other things; to be overwhelmed
- he/she/it
- drowns
- past participle
- drowned
Meanings
- 1
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid
He saved her from drowning.
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
She came close to drowning.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid
- 3
To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed
- 4
To inundate, submerge, overwhelm
- 5
To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other itemsrare