Drown (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

• Swim

Hypernyms

• Be

Meaning ²

Cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Overwhelm
• Submerge

Hypernyms

• Cover

Related Words

• Drown Out (verb)

Meaning ³

Get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

• Eliminate
• Get Rid Of
• Do Away With

Meaning ⁴

Die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

• Pop Off
• Croak
• Pass
• Expire
• Decease
• Cash In One's Chips
• Perish
• Conk
• Choke
• Buy The Farm
• Exit
• Drop Dead
• Pass Away
• Go
• Give-up The Ghost
• Kick The Bucket
• Snuff It

Meaning ⁵

Kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Meaning ⁶

Be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation; "the divers saved the drowning child".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

• Submerse