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English verb: drown | |||
| 1. | drown (contact) cover completely or make imperceptible | ||
| Samples | I was drowned in work. The noise drowned out her speech. | ||
| Synonyms | overwhelm, submerge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, spread over | ||
| 2. | drown (change) get rid of as if by submerging | ||
| Samples | She drowned her trouble in alcohol. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of | ||
| 3. | drown (change) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating | ||
| Samples | The child drowned in the lake. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||
| 4. | drown (change) kill by submerging in water | ||
| Samples | He drowned the kittens. | ||
| Examples | They want to drown the prisoners | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| 5. | drown (stative) be covered with or submerged in a liquid | ||
| Samples | The meat was swimming in a fatty gravy. | ||
| Synonyms | swim | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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