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D0398900 (droun)v. drowned, drown·ing, drowns v.tr.1. To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.2. To drench thoroughly or cover with or as if with a liquid.3. To deaden one's awareness of; blot out: people who drowned their troubles in drink.4. To muffle or mask (a sound) by a louder sound: screams that were drowned out by the passing train.v.intr. To die by suffocating in water or another liquid.Idiom: drown (one's) sorrow/sorrows To try to forget one's troubles by drinking alcohol.

[Middle English drounen, probably of Scandinavian origin; see dhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

drown

(draʊn) vb1. to die or kill by immersion in liquid2. (tr) to destroy or get rid of as if by submerging: he drowned his sorrows in drink. 3. (tr) to drench thoroughly; inundate; flood4. (sometimes foll by: out) to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise[C13: probably from Old English druncnian; related to Old Norse drukna to be drowned] ˈdrowner n

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(draʊn)

v.i. 1. to die of suffocation under water or other liquid. v.t. 2. to kill by submerging under water or other liquid. 3. to destroy or get rid of by immersion: to drown one's troubles in drink. 4. to flood or inundate with water or liquid; drench; soak. 5. to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often fol. by out). 6. drown in, a. to be overwhelmed by. b. to be covered with or enveloped in. [1250–1300; Middle English drounnen, Old English druncnian] drown′er, n.

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When someone drowns, they die because their head is under water and they cannot breathe. You can either say that someone drowns or that they are drowned. There is no difference in meaning.

She had fallen into the sea and drowned.They jumped in the river and were drowned.

drown

Past participle: drowned
Gerund: drowning

Imperative
drown
drown

Present
I drown
you drown
he/she/it drowns
we drown
you drown
they drown

Preterite
I drowned
you drowned
he/she/it drowned
we drowned
you drowned
they drowned

Present Continuous
I am drowning
you are drowning
he/she/it is drowning
we are drowning
you are drowning
they are drowning

Present Perfect
I have drowned
you have drowned
he/she/it has drowned
we have drowned
you have drowned
they have drowned

Past Continuous
I was drowning
you were drowning
he/she/it was drowning
we were drowning
you were drowning
they were drowning

Past Perfect
I had drowned
you had drowned
he/she/it had drowned
we had drowned
you had drowned
they had drowned

Future
I will drown
you will drown
he/she/it will drown
we will drown
you will drown
they will drown

Future Perfect
I will have drowned
you will have drowned
he/she/it will have drowned
we will have drowned
you will have drowned
they will have drowned

Future Continuous
I will be drowning
you will be drowning
he/she/it will be drowning
we will be drowning
you will be drowning
they will be drowning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been drowning
you have been drowning
he/she/it has been drowning
we have been drowning
you have been drowning
they have been drowning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been drowning
you will have been drowning
he/she/it will have been drowning
we will have been drowning
you will have been drowning
they will have been drowning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been drowning
you had been drowning
he/she/it had been drowning
we had been drowning
you had been drowning
they had been drowning

Conditional
I would drown
you would drown
he/she/it would drown
we would drown
you would drown
they would drown

Past Conditional
I would have drowned
you would have drowned
he/she/it would have drowned
we would have drowned
you would have drowned
they would have drowned

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	drown - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"submerge, overwhelmspread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"drown out - make imperceptible; "The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music"
	2.	drown - get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
	3.	drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
	4.	drown - kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	5.	drown - be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"swimbe - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

drown

verb1. go down, go under, go to a watery grave, go to Davy Jones's locker, die under water He drowned during a storm.2. drench, flood, soak, steep, swamp, saturate, engulf, submerge, immerse, inundate, deluge the country would be drowned in blood3. overwhelm, overcome, wipe out, overpower, obliterate, swallow up, be louder than His words were soon drowned by amplified police sirens.Quotations
"I was much farther out than you thought"
"And not waving but drowning" [Stevie Smith Not Waving But Drowning]

drown

verbTo flow over completely:deluge, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm.

Translations

淹没溺死溺水

drown

(draun) verb1. to (cause to) sink in water and so suffocate and die. He drowned in the river; He tried to drown the cat.溺死2. to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a louder sound. His voice was drowned by the roar of the traffic. （声音被）淹没

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drown in self-pity

To be entirely consumed by sorrow, self-deprecation, or other negative emotions to the point of self-indulgence and/or paralysis. It's hard to help someone who would rather drown in self-pity than find a solution to their problems.See also: drown

a drowning man will clutch at a straw

Someone who is desperate will try to use anything for help, even if it is really no help at all. Facing the possibility that his marriage might be over, John began visiting psychics to help him decide what to do. A drowning man will clutch at a straw.See also: clutch, drown, man, straw, will

drown (one's) troubles

To attempt to forget one's troubles through the consumption of something, typically alcohol (to which the phrase originally referred). It's not healthy to just drown your troubles every time a girl breaks up with you. Quit drinking and try to face reality. Whenever I have a hard week at work, I like to spend Friday night drowning my troubles in pizza and ice cream.See also: drown, trouble

drown in (something)

1. Literally, to die from asphyxiation while submerged in a liquid. No one is drowning in the ocean today—not on this lifeguard's watch!2. To cause oneself, someone, or something die from asphyxiation while submerged in a liquid. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "drown" and "in." Virginia Woolf's writing career came to an end in 1941 when she drowned herself in the River Ouse.3. To overwhelm someone with an abundance of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "drown" and "in." I don't mean to drown you in paperwork, but I do need all of these documents filed today.4. To be completely overwhelmed by the abundance of something. I need one of those interns to help me file today because I'm totally drowning in paperwork.See also: drown

drown out

1. To force someone out of one's home, often due to flooding. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drown" and "out." Unfortunately, that hurricane drowned us out, and we've been staying with relatives ever since.2. To use or create a louder noise to make a different, often unpleasant, noise less audible. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drown" and "out." I immediately turned up the TV in an attempt to drown out my brother's tuba practice.See also: drown, out

look like a drowned rat

To be soaking wet, especially due to heavy rain. You poor thing, you look like a drowned rat! The kids came home looking like a bunch of drowned rats.See also: drown, like, look, rat

drown (one's) sorrow(s)

To attempt to forget one's troubles through the consumption of something, typically alcohol (to which the phrase originally referred). It's not healthy to just drown your sorrows every time a girl breaks up with you. Quit drinking and try to face reality. Whenever I have a hard week at work, I like to spend Friday night drowning my sorrow in pizza and ice cream.See also: drown

drown the shamrock

slang To drink alcohol on St. Patrick's Day. Make sure you wear green when we go to drown the shamrock tomorrow night.See also: drown

like a drowned rat

Soaking wet (and usually dirty and unkempt as well). She came in from the storm looking like a drowned rat. The poor little guy stood shivering on the beach like a drowned rat.See also: drown, like, rat

if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned

If someone is destined to die in a particular way, no other type of injury or disaster will kill them. A: "I can't believe Paul's doing so well after getting rescued by the lifeguard." B: "Well, you know what they say—if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned."See also: born, drown, if, never

drown in something

1. . Lit. to be asphyxiated in some liquid. Wouldn't you hate to drown in that nasty, smelly water? lam not choosy about what I don't want to drown in. 2. Fig. to experience an overabundance of something. We are just drowning in cabbage this year. Our garden is full of it. They were drowning in bills, not money to pay them with.See also: drown

drown one's troubles

and drown one's sorrowsFig. to try to forget one's problems by drinking a lot of alcohol. Bill is in the bar, drowning his troubles. Jane is at home, drowning her sorrows.See also: drown, trouble

drown someone in something

Fig. to inundate someone with something. (See also something">drown in something.) I will drown you in money and fine clothes. Mike drowned the nightclub singer in fancy jewels and furs.See also: drown

drown (someone or an animal) in something

to cause someone or an animal to die of asphyxiation in a liquid. He accidentally drowned the cat in the bathtub. She drowned herself in the lake.See also: drown

drown someone (or an animal) out

[for a flood] to drive someone or an animal away from home. The high waters almost drowned the farmers out last year. The water drowned out the fields.See also: drown, out

drown someone or something out

[for a sound] to be so loud that someone or something cannot be heard. The noise of the passing train drowned out our conversation. The train drowned us out.See also: drown, out

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Prov. When you are desperate, you will look for anything that might help you, even if it cannot help you very much. Scott thinks this faith healer will cure his baldness. A drowning man will clutch at a straw.See also: clutch, drown, man, straw, will

If you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned.

Prov. If you escape one disaster, it must be because you are destined for a different kind of disaster. (Sometimes used to warn someone who has escaped drowning against gloating over good luck.) When their ship was trapped in a terrible storm, Ellen told her husband that she feared they would die. "Don't worry," he replied with a yawn, "if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned."See also: born, drown, if, never

drown one's sorrows

Drink liquor to escape one's unhappiness. For example, After the divorce, she took to drowning her sorrows at the local bar. The notion of drowning in drink dates from the late 1300s. See also: drown, sorrow

drown out

Overwhelm with a louder sound, as in Their cries were drowned out by the passing train. [Early 1600s] See also: drown, out

like a drowned rat

Also, wet as a drowned rat. Soaking wet and utterly bedraggled, as in When she came in out of the rain she looked like a drowned rat. This simile appeared in Latin nearly 2,000 years ago, and in English about the year 1500. See also: drown, like, rat

look like a drowned rat

If someone looks like a drowned rat, they are very wet, usually because they have been caught in heavy rain. I had no umbrella with me so by the time I got home, I looked like a drowned rat.See also: drown, like, look, rat

drown your sorrows

If someone drowns their sorrows, they drink a lot of alcohol in order to forget something sad that has happened to them. He was in the pub drowning his sorrows after the break-up of his relationship.See also: drown, sorrow

drown your sorrows

forget your problems by getting drunk.See also: drown, sorrow

like a drowned rat

extremely wet and bedraggled.See also: drown, like, rat

drown the shamrock

drink, or go drinking on St Patrick's day. The shamrock with its three-lobed leaves was said to have been used by St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, to illustrate the doctrine of the Trinity. It is now used as the national emblem of Ireland.See also: drown

drown your ˈsorrows

(informal, often humorous) try to forget your problems or a disappointment by drinking alcohol: Whenever his team lost a match he could be found in the pub afterwards drowning his sorrows.See also: drown, sorrow

like a drowned ˈrat

(informal) very wet: She came in from the storm looking like a drowned rat.See also: drown, like, rat

drown out

v. To muffle or mask some sound with a louder sound: I turned up my TV in order to drown out the noise coming from next door. The protesters drowned the speaker out.See also: drown, out

drown (one's) sorrow

/sorrows To try to forget one's troubles by drinking alcohol.See also: drown, sorrow

drowned rat, like a/wet as a

Thoroughly soaked and utterly bedraggled. Despite their frequent presence in sewers and similar wet places, rats do not like water, a fact observed for many centuries (“It rained by the bucket and they came home wet as drowned rats,” Petronius, Satyricon, ca. a.d. 60). See also soaked to the skin.See also: drown, like, wet

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drown in self-pity

a drowning man will clutch at a straw

drown (one's) troubles

drown in (something)

drown out

look like a drowned rat

drown (one's) sorrow(s)

drown the shamrock

like a drowned rat

if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned

drown in something

drown one's troubles

drown someone in something

drown (someone or an animal) in something

drown someone (or an animal) out

drown someone or something out

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

If you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned.

drown one's sorrows

drown out

like a drowned rat

look like a drowned rat

drown your sorrows

drown your sorrows

like a drowned rat

drown the shamrock

drown your ˈsorrows

like a drowned ˈrat

drown out

drown (one's) sorrow

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verb go down

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verb drench

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verb overwhelm

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verb to flow over completely

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verb cover completely or make imperceptible

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verb get rid of as if by submerging

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verb die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

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verb kill by submerging in water

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verb be covered with or submerged in a liquid

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