Drown

v. i.	1.	To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. [imp. & p. p. Drowned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] Methought, what pain it was to drown. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
	2.	To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
	3.	To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; - said especially of sound. Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. - Sir J. Davies. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. - Addison. To drown up to swallow up. - Holland.

Verb	1.	drown - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" Synonyms: submerge, overwhelm
	2.	drown - get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
	3.	drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
	4.	drown - kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

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