| drown | (v) get rid of as if by submerging, Example: She drowned her trouble in alcohol |
| drown | (v) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating, Example: The child drowned in the lake |
| drown | (v) kill by submerging in water, Example: He drowned the kittens |
| drown out | (v) make imperceptible, Example: The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music |
| submerge | (v) cover completely or make imperceptible, See also: drown out, Syn. overwhelm, drown, Example: I was drowned in work; The noise drowned out her speech |
| swim | (v) be covered with or submerged in a liquid, Syn. drown, Example: the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy |
| 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Drown | v. t. 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. “They drown the land.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. [ 1913 Webster ] Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ] My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] To drown up, to swallow up. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Drownage | n. The act of drowning. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Drowner | n. One who, or that which, drowns. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Overdrown | v. t. To wet or drench to excess. [ Obs. ] W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 没 | [mò, ㄇㄛˋ, 没 / 沒] drowned; to end; to die; to inundate #95 [Add to Longdo] |
| 淹 | [yān, ㄧㄢ, 淹] drown; submerge #16,090 [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺水 | [nì shuǐ, ㄋㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ, 溺 水] to drown #24,207 [Add to Longdo] |
| 淹死 | [yān sǐ, ㄧㄢ ㄙˇ, 淹 死] to drown #24,992 [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺 | [nì, ㄋㄧˋ, 溺] drown; indulge; be addicted to; spoil (a child) #26,897 [Add to Longdo] |
| 精卫 | [Jīng wèi, ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ, 精 卫 / 精 衛] mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nuwa 女娃 of Fiery Emperor 炎帝, See also: 女娃, 炎帝 #63,142 [Add to Longdo] |
| 借酒浇愁 | [jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄔㄡˊ, 借 酒 浇 愁 / 借 酒 澆 愁] to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol) #67,942 [Add to Longdo] |
| 陈天华 | [Chén Tiān huà, ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 陈 天 华 / 陳 天 華] Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 #118,304 [Add to Longdo] |
| 沉潭 | [chén tán, ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ, 沉 潭] drowning sb tied to a rock (as a form of torture) #244,426 [Add to Longdo] |
| 沦没 | [lún mò, ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ, 沦 没 / 淪 沒] to sink; to drown #284,508 [Add to Longdo] |
| 使溺死 | [shǐ nì sǐ, ㄕˇ ㄋㄧˋ ㄙˇ, 使 溺 死] drown [Add to Longdo] |
| 女娃 | [nǚ wá, ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄚˊ, 女 娃] mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝 who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫 after drowning, See also: 炎帝, 精衛, 精卫 [Add to Longdo] |
| 淊 | [yān, ㄧㄢ, 淊] drown; submerge [Add to Longdo] |
| あっぷあっぷ | [appuappu] (adv, n, vs) floundering and almost drowning [Add to Longdo] |
| おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ;おぼれる者は藁をもつかむ;溺れる者は藁をも掴む | [おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ, oborerumonohawarawomotsukamu] (exp) (proverb) A drowning man will catch at a straw [Add to Longdo] |
| 海の藻屑となる | [うみのもくずとなる, uminomokuzutonaru] (exp, v5r) to be drowned at sea [Add to Longdo] |
| 海の藻屑と消える | [うみのもくずときえる, uminomokuzutokieru] (exp, v1) (See 海の藻屑となる) to be drowned at sea [Add to Longdo] |
| 自棄飲み;焼飲み | [やけのみ, yakenomi] (n, vs) drowning one's cares in drink [Add to Longdo] |
| 自棄酒;やけ酒;焼け酒;焼酒 | [やけざけ, yakezake] (n) drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation [Add to Longdo] |
| 水禍 | [すいか, suika] (n) flood disaster; drowning [Add to Longdo] |
| 水死 | [すいし, suishi] (n, vs) drowning; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 水死者 | [すいししゃ, suishisha] (n) drowned person [Add to Longdo] |
| 水死体 | [すいしたい, suishitai] (n) drowned body [Add to Longdo] |
| 水難 | [すいなん, suinan] (n) drowning; flood; shipwreck [Add to Longdo] |
| 川施餓鬼 | [かわせがき, kawasegaki] (n) Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river [Add to Longdo] |
| 打ち消す(P);打消す(P) | [うちけす, uchikesu] (v5s, vt) (1) to deny; to contradict; (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 沈溺 | [ちんでき, chindeki] (n, vs) (1) being immersed in water; being drowned; (2) being infatuated; being dazed; being blinded by [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺らす | [おぼらす, oborasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to drown; (2) to cause to be indulged or addicted [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺れる | [おぼれる, oboreru] (v1, vi) (1) (uk) to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water); (2) to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺れ込む | [おぼれこむ, oborekomu] (v5m) to drown; to get addicted; to become infatuated [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺れ死に | [おぼれじに, oborejini] (n) (sens) death by drowning [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺れ死ぬ | [おぼれじぬ, oborejinu] (v5n) (sens) to die by drowning; to drown [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺れ損なう | [おぼれそこなう, oboresokonau] (v5u) to come near being drowned [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺死 | [できし, dekishi] (n, vs) death by drowning [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺死者 | [できししゃ, dekishisha] (n) drowned person [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺死体 | [できしたい, dekishitai] (n) drowned body [Add to Longdo] |
| 溺水 | [できすい, dekisui] (n) drowning [Add to Longdo] |
| 土左衛門 | [どざえもん, dozaemon] (n) drowned body of a person (after sumo wrestler Narusegawa Dozaemon) [Add to Longdo] |
| 入水 | [じゅすい;にゅうすい, jusui ; nyuusui] (n, vs) suicide by drowning; drowning oneself [Add to Longdo] |
| 濡れ鼠 | [ぬれねずみ, nurenezumi] (n) soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat [Add to Longdo] |