Drown | Mean of drown in English Dictionary

/ˈdraʊn/

• Verb
• to die by being underwater too long and unable to breathe
1. Four people drowned in the flood.
2. She fell in the river and drowned.
• to hold (a person or animal) underwater until death occurs
1. She claims that he tried to drown her.
2. He tried to drown himself.
• to cover (something) completely with a liquid
1. The river overflowed, drowning whole villages.
2. The food was drowned in sauce.

• to cause (something or someone) not to be heard by making a loud noise
1. The loud music drowned the sound of their conversation.
2. Noise from the passing airplane drowned out our conversation.
3. He talked loudly to try to drown her out.
• to experience or be affected by too much of something
1. Many young people today are drowning in credit card debt.
2. She was drowning in sadness.
3. I'm being drowned in paperwork. [=I'm being overwhelmed by paperwork]
• to forget about (unpleasant feelings or thoughts) by getting drunk
1. He went to the bar to drown his sorrows.
2. He was trying to drown his fears. [=to get drunk so that he wouldn't be afraid]