drown
/droun/
verb
die through submersion in and inhalation of water.
"two fishermen were drowned when their motorboat capsized"
synonyms: suffocate in water, inhale water, go under, go to a watery grave, go to Davy Jones's locker
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The meaning of DROWN is to become drowned. How to use drown in a sentence.
verb phrase. 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.
drown verb (DIE) ... to (cause to) die by being unable to breathe underwater: He drowned in a boating accident. Many animals were drowned by the tidal wave.
The verb drown means to die from inhaling water into the lungs and being unable to breathe. It is possible to drown in even a small amount of water, ...