Meaning

2 senses
  1. An instance of a person or animal drowning.

    It's dangerous to swim in that river — there were three drownings there last year.

    Ertrinken

    утопле́ниеutoplénije

  2. An instance of a person or animal being drowned.

Examples

156 sentences
  1. She saved her children from drowning.

    Вона спасла своїх дітей від утоплення.

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  2. That tall boy saved the drowning child.

    Отой високий парубок врятував потопаючу дитину.

    ruТот высокий парень спас тонущего ребёнка.

    deDieser große Junge rettete das ertrinkende Kind.

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  3. I'm afraid of drowning.

    Я боюся потонути.

    ruЯ боюсь утонуть.

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  4. My greatest fear is drowning.

    Більше за все я боюся потонути.

    ruБольше всего я боюсь утонуть.

    deMeine größte Angst ist das Ertrinken.

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  5. Tom is drowning.

    Том тоне.

    ruТом тонет.

    deTom ertrinkt.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
instance of drowning:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
instance of drowning:

Forms

plural: drownings
Singulardrowning
Pluraldrownings

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drowning — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto