Dictionary
verb : DROWNS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" ;
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2. (
) get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol" ;
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3. (
) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" ;
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4. (
) kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens" ;
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6. (
) be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation; "the divers saved the drowning child" ;
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