draun 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. ødrowned
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. [ME (orig. north.) drun(e), droun(e), perh. f. OE drunian (unrecorded), rel. to DRINK]