drown
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluidTo die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
» Both Tom and Mary almost drowned.
І Том, і Мері мало не потонули.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
When I was a baby, I nearly drowned in the bathtub.
ertrinken
тону́тьtonútʹ, утону́тьutonútʹ, потону́тьpotonútʹ
тону́тиtonúty, потопа́тиpotopáty, утопа́тиutopáty
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
(transitive)To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
The car thief fought with an officer and tried to drown a police dog before being shot while escaping.
ertränken
топи́тьtopítʹ, утопи́тьutopítʹ, потопля́тьpotopljátʹ
топи́тиtopýty, потопля́тиpotopljáty, втопи́тиvtopýty
kill by submerging in water
(intransitive)To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
We are drowning in information but starving for wisdom.
(figuratively, transitive)To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
He drowns his sorrows in buckets of chocolate ice cream.
überwältigen
затопля́тьzatopljátʹ, затопи́тьzatopítʹ, заглуша́тьzaglušátʹ
(figuratively, transitive)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.
Examples
335 sentencesBoth Tom and Mary almost drowned.
І Том, і Мері мало не потонули.
Tom and Mary both almost drowned.
І Том, і Мері мало не потонули.
Without your help, I would've drowned.
Без твоєї допомоги я би потонула.
A girl drowned in the pond yesterday.
Учора у ставку потонула дівчинка.
ruВчера в пруду утонула девочка.
deEin Mädchen ist gestern im Teich ertrunken.
Without your help, I would have drowned.
Без твоєї допомоги я би потонула.
ruБез твоей помощи я бы утонул.
deOhne deine Hilfe wäre ich ertrunken.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English drownen, drounen, drunen (“to drown”), of obscure and uncertain originFrom Middle English drownen, drounen, drunen (“to drown”), of obscure and uncertain origin.
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Forms
drowns, drowning, drowned, drownedSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- almost drowned
- drowned in the
- drowned in his
- almost drowned in
- tried to drown
- to drown himself
- drown himself