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Definition of drown

Drown
Drown Drown, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. Methought, what pain it was to drown. --Shak.
Drown
Drown Drown, v. t. 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. ``They drown the land.' --Dryden. 2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. 3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir J. Davies. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. --Addison. To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland.

Meaning of drown from wikipedia

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