Drown
[draʊn]
Definition
(verb.) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; 'The child drowned in the lake'.
(verb.) get rid of as if by submerging; 'She drowned her trouble in alcohol'.
(verb.) kill by submerging in water; 'He drowned the kittens'.
Typist: Thaddeus--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
(v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
(v. t.) To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
(v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.
Typist: Thaddeus
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Kill by immersing.[2]. Overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood.[3]. Overcome, overpower.
v. n. Be drowned.
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Definition
v.t. to drench or sink in water: to kill by placing under water: to overpower: to extinguish.—v.t. to be suffocated in water.
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Examples
- She might talk on; and if he wanted to say any thing himself, he would only talk louder, and drown her voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I hung to the willow branch and did not have strength to pull myself up but I knew I would not drown now. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You can't drown Me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It had never occurred to me on the timber that I might drown. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- My lord, I was just going to drown myself, therefore pray do not leave me here alone. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am sure Alcibiades and his friends would be delighted to drown us like rats if they could. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- To drown care on this terrible occasion, I went to pay Nugent, Luttrell, and Amy a visit, all under one. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is I who ought to have drowned myself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Leave this island before nightfall, or, by heaven, I will have you drowned like the rat you are! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I guess they were all drowned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is negotiating with the Jew, I suppose, replied De Bracy, coolly; probably the howls of Isaac have drowned the blast of the bugle. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You can't be drowned? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If he had spared her that she could have drowned quietly, welcoming the dark flood as it submerged her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In May, 1915, they sank the great passenger liner, the _Lusitania_, without any warning, drowning a number of American citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All this was seen in a moment, as the vision of a drowning man, or of any human creature at any very great pass, could see a world if it were there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I've been brought out o' drowning, and I can't be drowned. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The drowning man catches at the straw. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- For many weeks I thought of poison, and then of drowning, and then of fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I take a last drowning look at the page as I give it into her hand, and start off aloud at a racing pace while I have got it fresh. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This frequent rising of a drowning man from the deep, to sink again, was dreadful to the beholders. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Sea which drowns the rest will spare me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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