drown

[ droun ]
/ draʊn /

verb (used without object)

to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.

verb (used with object)

Verb Phrases

drown in,
  1. to be overwhelmed by: The company is drowning in bad debts.
  2. to be covered with or enveloped in: The old movie star was drowning in mink.

Origin of drown

1250–1300; Middle English drounnen, Old English druncnian, perhaps by loss of c between nasals and shift of length from nn to ou

OTHER WORDS FROM drown

drown·er, noun half-drowned, adjective half-drown·ing, adjective un·drowned, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for drown out

drown
/ (draʊn) /

verb

to die or kill by immersion in liquid
(tr) to destroy or get rid of as if by submerging he drowned his sorrows in drink
(tr) to drench thoroughly; inundate; flood
(tr sometimes foll by out) to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise

Derived forms of drown

drowner, noun

Word Origin for drown

C13: probably from Old English druncnian; related to Old Norse drukna to be drowned

Idioms and Phrases with drown out (1 of 2)

drown out

Overwhelm with a louder sound, as in Their cries were drowned out by the passing train. [Early 1600s]

Idioms and Phrases with drown out (2 of 2)

drown