Word

drown, v.
(drowned, drowning, drowns)
freq. cnt. 8

cover completely or make imperceptible
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

drown overwhelm submerge

sample sentences

"I was drowned in work"
"The noise drowned out her speech"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

also see

drown out

semantic pointers

hypernym

cover, spread over

die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

drown

sample sentences

"The child drowned in the lake"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

die, perish, pass away, go, expire, drop dead, croak, decease, exit, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, pop off, choke, snuff it

get rid of as if by submerging
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

drown

sample sentences

"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

eliminate, get rid of, do away with, extinguish

kill by submerging in water
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

drown

sample sentences

"He drowned the kittens"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
They want to %s the prisoners

semantic pointers

hypernym

kill

be covered with or submerged in a liquid
<verb.stative>

drown swim

sample sentences

"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
<verb.motion>

drown

sample sentences

"the divers saved the drowning child"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

submerge, submerse