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| drown [ drown ] (past and past participle drowned, present participle drown·ing, 3rd person present singular drowns) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb die by immersion in water: to die by immersion and usually suffocation in water or other liquid, or kill a person or animal in this way. Death occurs either from lack of oxygen or as a result of cardiac arrest from the lowered body temperature.
  death by drowning
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2. transitive verb
Same as drown out
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often passive
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3. transitive verb cover with too much liquid: to cover or soak something, usually an item of food, with too much liquid
He served us pancakes drowned in syrup.
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| [13th century. Probably < N Germanic] |
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| drowned adjective |
| drown·er noun |
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