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drown
has definitions from the field of biology
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[ verb ] cover completely or make imperceptible
Examples "I was drowned in work" "The noise drowned out her speech" Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)He opened it a crack and in doing so made as much shuffling , coughing , and scraping noise as possible in_order to drown emanations from the hen who had begun to protest . |
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[ verb ] get rid of as if by submerging
Examples "She drowned her trouble in alcohol" Used in print (Tracts published by American Tract Society,...)Pleasure , fame and fortune , drowning your troubles with a drink , and `` living_it_up '' with the gang are like candy_bars when you 're hungry : they may ease your hunger temporarily , but they 'll never take the place of a satisfying , mouth-watering steak . (Winfred Van Atta, Shock Treatment....)I finally went downstairs to the bar off the main lobby where most_of the cast were drowning their sorrows over the untimely passing of Ask_Tony . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (biology) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
Examples "The child drowned in the lake" Used in print (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)The PM might show he drowned instead , but that 's what the once-over-lightly gives us . Related terms |
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[ verb ] kill by submerging in water
Examples "He drowned the kittens" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The seemingly quiet ocean had crashed a wall of water from 10 to 100 feet high upon beaches crowded with bathers , drowning thousands of them and flattening villages along the shore . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10513
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