vverb.contactcover completely or make imperceptibleSynset:overwhelm submerge
Examples:- I was drowned in work
- The noise drowned out her speech
Hypernyms:cover spread over
Inherited Hypernyms:submergecovertouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeget rid of as if by submergingExamples:- She drowned her trouble in alcohol
Hypernyms:do away with eliminate extinguish get rid of
Inherited Hypernyms:drownextinguishdestroyunmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.changedie from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiatingExamples:- The child drowned in the lake
Hypernyms:buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk croak decease die drop dead exit expire give-up the ghost go kick the bucket pass pass away perish pop off snuff it
Inherited Hypernyms:drowndiechange statechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.changekill by submerging in waterHypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:drownkill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: drown)
vverb.stativebe covered with or submerged in a liquidSynset:swim
Examples:- the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:swimbe
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motionbe in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiationExamples:- the divers saved the drowning child
Hypernyms:submerge submerse
Inherited Hypernyms:drownsubmergesinkdescendtravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s