drown

verb

1. cover completely or make imperceptible

- I was drowned in work

- The noise drowned out her speech

Similar word(s): overwhelm, submerge

Definition categories: contact, cover

2. get rid of as if by submerging

- She drowned her trouble in alcohol

Definition categories: change, eliminate, extinguish

3. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

- The child drowned in the lake

Definition categories: change, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, exit, expire, go, pass, perish

4. kill by submerging in water

- He drowned the kittens

Definition categories: change, kill

5. be covered with or submerged in a liquid

Similar word(s): swim

Definition categories: stative, be

6. be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

- the divers saved the drowning child

Definition categories: motion, submerge, submerse