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The Meaning of drown
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(v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
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(v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
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(v. t.) To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
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(v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.
Synonyms
submerge
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overwhelm
,
swim
Rhymes
allentown
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around
,
ashdown
,
baytown
,
beantown
,
breakdown
,
bridgetown
,
brown
,
browne
,
charlestown
,
charlottetown
,
chinatown
,
clampdown
,
closedown
,
clown
,
comedown
,
cooperstown
,
countdown
,
crackdown
,
crosstown
,
crown
,
crowne
,
down
,
downe
,
downingtown
,
downtown
,
elizabethtown
,
facedown
,
freetown
,
frown
,
georgetown
,
germantown
,
godown
,
gown
,
hoedown
,
hometown
,
jamestown
,
johnstown
,
knockdown
,
letdown
,
levittown
,
lockdown
,
lowdown
,
lown
,
markdown
,
marshalltown
,
mccoun
,
mccown
,
mcgown
,
mcquown
,
meltdown
,
middletown
,
midtown
,
morgantown
,
motown
,
newtown
,
newtowne
,
noun
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playground
,
provincetown
,
renown
,
run-down
,
rundown
,
shakedown
,
shoun
,
showdown
,
shutdown
,
slowdown
,
southdown
,
sundown
,
touchdown
,
town
,
towne
,
turndown
,
uptown
,
watertown
,
williamstown
,
yorktown
,
youngstown