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Definitions for Drown

[1] to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
[2] to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.
[3] to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion: He drowned his sorrows in drink.
[4] to flood or inundate.
[5] to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often followed by out ).
[6] to add too much water or liquid to (a drink, food, or the like).
[7] to slake (lime) by covering with water and letting stand.
[8] 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.
[9] to die or kill by immersion in liquid
[10] (tr) to destroy or get rid of as if by submerging he drowned his sorrows in drink
[11] (tr) to drench thoroughly; inundate; flood
[12] (tr sometimes foll by out ) to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise

Words related to Drown

drench, inundate, immerse, soak, flood, swamp, suffocate, sink, engulf, douse, asphyxiate, plunge, deluge, overwhelm, prostrate, obliterate, souse, overpower, sop, overflow

Words nearby Drown

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

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

Word origin for Drown

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

Synonyms for Drown

douse, drench, engulf, flood, go down, immerse, inundate, sink, soak, suffocate, swamp, wipe out, asphyxiate, deluge, dip, obliterate, overcome, overflow, overpower, overwhelm, plunge, prostrate, sop, souse, stifle, whelm, go under, knock over