drown

[ droun ]

/ draʊn /

verb (used without object)

to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.

verb (used with object)

to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.

to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion: He drowned his sorrows in drink.

to flood or inundate.

to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often followed by out).

to add too much water or liquid to (a drink, food, or the like).

to slake (lime) by covering with water and letting stand.

Verb Phrases

drown in,

to be overwhelmed by: The company is drowning in bad debts.
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

SYNONYMS FOR drown

4 deluge, engulf, submerge, drench, soak.

OTHER WORDS FROM drown

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

Words nearby drown

drouk, droukit, drouthy, drove, drover, drown, drown one's sorrows, drown out, drowned valley, drownproof, drownproofing

Example sentences from the Web for half-drowned

But this time it was the latch of the swing gate, half-drowned by the carriage wheels on the drive leading to the front door.

Sir Hilton's Sin |George Manville Fenn
Half-drowned and bruised as I was, this blow sent me back to the bottom of the boat like one already dead.

Kilgorman |Talbot Baines Reed
The half-drowned mother reached with one hand and seized it before it sank beneath the surface.

Hoofbeats on the Turnpike |Mildred A. Wirt
Steadily the gunboat drew nearer; the two half-drowned Americans were reached in a minute or two.

A Prisoner of Morro |Upton Sinclair

In this way poor Bombay returned to me half-drowned in perspiration.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile |John Hanning Speke

British Dictionary definitions for half-drowned (1 of 2)

half-drowned

adjective

nearly dead or killed by immersion in liquid half-drowned crewmen lay on the planks

British Dictionary definitions for half-drowned (2 of 2)

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 half-drowned

drown

In addition to the idioms beginning with drown

drown one's sorrows
drown out

also see:

like a drowned rat

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adjective

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verb

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drown

verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

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Origin of drown

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OTHER WORDS FROM drown

Words nearby drown

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