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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- drown [draυn] [draun]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- drown [draυn]
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1.
vb
to die or kill by immersion in liquid
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to destroy or get rid of as if by submerging
- he drowned his sorrows in drink
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to drench thoroughly; inundate; flood
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4.
vt.
[tr;
sometimes foll by out] to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise -
5.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: probably from Old English druncnian; related to Old Norse drukna to be drowned
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1.
vb
to die or kill by immersion in liquid
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