Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)submerge, drown, overwhelmcover completely or make imperceptible“I was drowned in work”,
“The noise drowned out her speech” (v)drownget rid of as if by submerging“She drowned her trouble in alcohol” (v)drowndie from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating“The child drowned in the lake” (v)drownkill by submerging in water“He drowned the kittens” (v)swim, drownbe covered with or submerged in a liquid“the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy” (v)drownbe in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation“the divers saved the drowning child”