drown   (Sound)

The verb drown has 5 senses

• submerge, drown, overwhelm -- (cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech")


• drown -- (get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol")


• drown -- (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake")


• drown -- (kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens")


• swim, drown -- (be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy")