verb🔗ShareTo die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid."The child fell into the pond and quickly drowned. "bodydisasterphysiologyenvironmentnatureoceansufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo kill by suffocating in water or another liquid."The floodwaters rose quickly, and the man drowned trying to reach safety. "actiondisasterenvironmentoceannaturebiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed."The student felt completely drowned in homework assignments. "disasterenvironmentnatureoceanweatherconditionactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo inundate, submerge, overwhelm."The heavy rain drowned the city streets, making them impassable. "disasternatureoceanenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items."The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather."environmentdisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
