drown

Definition

  • verb: to die by being underwater too long and unable to breathe
  • verb: to become 'drowned'
  • usually + 'out'
  • synonyms: submerge, inundate, overpower

Examples

  • He was trying to 'drown his fears'. [=to get drunk so that he wouldn't be afraid]

  • I'm being 'drowned in' paperwork. [=I'm being overwhelmed by paperwork]

  • Noise from the passing airplane 'drowned out' our conversation.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...talking... ...not yelling. You'd do better to think of this place like an intensive care ward. I think of it as a bucket of piss to drown rats in. That's all. Anybody doesn't like it? Hmm? You can kiss my ass. Don't. Yeah, you try it. Go on. Try it. You'll be on the bread lines (..)
    1999 The Green Mile
  • (..) when you were a little girl, and you were fine. Yes. Although, for some reason that I do not understand, I kept staging my own death. Pretending that I drowned in the bathtub, faking electrical shock. It really freaked my parents out. And then, once, when Russ found me hanging, he had to go (..)
    2008 TvShow: Bones Title: The Finger in the Nest Season: 4 Episode 3
  • (..) Oh, really? 'Cause given the weather, I don't think so. She doesn't think so. Obviously. No, see, suicide by drowning decreases % in cold weather. Behaviorally, we can't control our reflex to get out of icy water. Unless you jump off the bridge, (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Fight in the Fixer Season: 11 Episode 15