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English to English verb
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cover completely or make imperceptible |  | Example: I was drowned in work
The noise drowned out her speech
source: wordnet30
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get rid of as if by submerging | | Example: She drowned her trouble in alcohol
source: wordnet30
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die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating | | Example: The child drowned in the lake
source: wordnet30
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kill by submerging in water | | Example: He drowned the kittens
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
be covered with or submerged in a liquid | | Example: the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
source: wordnet30
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To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. | | source: webster1913
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To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. | | source: webster1913
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