drown
Definition
- v. get rid of as if by submerging
- v. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- v. kill by submerging in water
Word forms
- Past participle
- drowned
- Past tense
- drowned
- Present participle
- drowning
- Third person singular
- drowns
Example sentences
vi.
The child almost drowned in the deep end of the pool.
vt.
The heavy rain drowned the small village in water.