Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - drown
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Drown
drown
~ v 1 to die from being under water for too long or to kill someone in this way (The woman drowned while swimming in the sea.) 2 also drown out to prevent a sound from being heard by making a loud noise (His voice was drowned out by the traffic.) 3 to cover something completely with liquid (drown sth with/in) (Grant drowned his pancakes in syrup.) 4 drown your sorrows to drink a lot of alcohol in order to forget your problems
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1.
(drowns, drowning, drowned) 1. When someone drowns or is drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe. A child can drown in only a few inches of water... Last night a boy was drowned in the river... He walked into the sea and drowned himself... Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers. VERB: V, be V-ed, V pron-refl, V-ing 2. If you say that a person or thing is drowning in something, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it. ...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt... The potatoes were drowned in chilli. VERB: V in n, be V-ed c darkgreen]emphasis 3. If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly. Clapping drowned the speaker’s words for a moment... VERB: V n • Drown out means the same as drown. Their cheers drowned out the protests of demonstrators... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) 4. If you say that someone is drowning their sorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
v. 1 tr. & intr. kill or be killed by submersion in liquid. 2 tr. submerge; flood; drench (drowned the fields in six feet of water). 3 tr. (often foll. by in) deaden (grief etc.) with drink (drowned his sorrows in drink). 4 tr. (often foll. by out) make (a sound) inaudible by means of a louder sound. Phrases and idioms drowned valley a valley partly or wholly submerged by a change in land-levels. drown out drive out by flood. like a drowned rat colloq. extremely wet and bedraggled. Etymology: ME (orig. north.) drun(e), droun(e), perh. f. OE drunian (unrecorded), rel. to DRINK ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. тонуть 2. топить to drown oneself, to be drowned —- утонуть 3. погружать 4. заливать, затоплять to drown the land —- затопить местность 5. заливать, топить to drown one's grief in wine —- топить горе в вине, заливать горе вином to drown oneself in sleep —- погрузиться в сон drowned in tears —- весь в слезах, заливаясь слезами 6. заглушать, пересиливать (также drown out) his voice was drowned in the niose —- его голос потонул в (общем) шуме ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) тонуть to be drowned - утонуть 2) топить(ся) 3) затоплять, заливать drowned in tears - весь в слезах, заливаясь слезами drowned in sleep - погруженный в сон; совсем сонный 4) заглушать (звук, голос; тоску) - drown in - drown out a drowning man will catch at a straw - утопающий хватается за соломинку DROWN in а) заглушать The crowd drowned his last few words in cheers. б) заниматься чем-л. For years he has drowned himself in the study of English literature. DROWN out а) заглушать Both the speaker and his speech were drowned out by the disapproval of the crowd. б) затоплять Many families were drowned out when the river hurst its banks. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. druncnian "be swallowed up by water" (originally of ships as well as living things), from base of drincan "to drink." Modern form is from northern England dialect, probably infl. by O.N. drukna "be drowned." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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