(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

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

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 ]

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 ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

没

[没 / 沒, mò] drowned; to end; to die; to inundate #95

淹

[淹, yān] drown; submerge #16090

溺水

[溺水, nì shuǐ] to drown #24207

淹死

[淹死, yān sǐ] to drown #24992

溺

[溺, nì] drown; indulge; be addicted to; spoil (a child) #26897

精卫

[精卫 / 精衛, Jīng wèi] mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nuwa 女娃 of Fiery Emperor 炎帝, See Also: 女娃, 炎帝 #63142

借酒浇愁

[借酒浇愁 / 借酒澆愁, jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu] to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol) #67942

陈天华

[陈天华 / 陳天華, Chén Tiān huà] Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 #118304

沉潭

[沉潭, chén tán] drowning sb tied to a rock (as a form of torture) #244426

沦没

[沦没 / 淪沒, lún mò] to sink; to drown #284508

使溺死

[使溺死, shǐ nì sǐ] drown

女娃

[女娃, nǚ wá] 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

淊

[淊, yān] drown; submerge

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

あっぷあっぷ

[appuappu] (adv, n, vs) floundering and almost drowning

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

海の藻屑となる

[うみのもくずとなる, uminomokuzutonaru] (exp, v5r) to be drowned at sea

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

自棄飲み;焼飲み

[やけのみ, yakenomi] (n, vs) drowning one's cares in drink

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

水禍

[すいか, suika] (n) flood disaster; drowning

水死

[すいし, suishi] (n, vs) drowning; (P)

水死者

[すいししゃ, suishisha] (n) drowned person

水死体

[すいしたい, suishitai] (n) drowned body

水難

[すいなん, suinan] (n) drowning; flood; shipwreck

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

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)

沈溺

[ちんでき, chindeki] (n, vs) (1) being immersed in water; being drowned; (2) being infatuated; being dazed; being blinded by

溺らす

[おぼらす, oborasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to drown; (2) to cause to be indulged or addicted

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)

溺れ込む

[おぼれこむ, oborekomu] (v5m) to drown; to get addicted; to become infatuated

溺れ死に

[おぼれじに, oborejini] (n) (sens) death by drowning

溺れ死ぬ

[おぼれじぬ, oborejinu] (v5n) (sens) to die by drowning; to drown

溺れ損なう

[おぼれそこなう, oboresokonau] (v5u) to come near being drowned

溺死

[できし, dekishi] (n, vs) death by drowning

溺死者

[できししゃ, dekishisha] (n) drowned person