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drown

/draʊn/

drown out

drownverb

drowned

Past Simple

drowned

Past Participle

drowning

Gerund

/draʊn/

Translations

топить

She tried to drown her sorrows in alcohol.

Она пыталась топить свои печали в алкоголе.

тонуть

He began to drown in the deep water.

Он начал тонуть в глубокой воде.

Additional translations

захлебнуться

Definitions

To die by being submerged in water and unable to breathe.

He drowned after falling off the boat during the storm.

To kill by submerging in water.

The villain attempted to drown the hero in the river.

To overwhelm or cover completely, especially with a liquid.

The heavy rain drowned the fields, causing a flood.

To be overwhelmed by a large amount of something.

She felt like she was drowning in paperwork at the office.

To make a sound inaudible by producing a louder noise.

The loud music drowned out their conversation.

Synonyms

Antonyms

drownpast participle

Definitions

Having died from suffocation in water; completely submerged or covered.

The rescuers recovered several drowned victims from the river.

drowngerund / present participle

Definitions

In the process of dying from being submerged in water or other liquid.

Lifeguards spotted the drowning swimmer and rushed to help.