Толковый словарь английского языка - drown
Drown
drown
verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English drounen Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become ~ed, transitive verb 1. to suffocate by submersion especially in water, to submerge especially by a rise in the water level , to soak, drench, or cover with a liquid, to engage (oneself) deeply and strenuously , to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a loud noise, 4. to drive out (as a sensation or an idea) , overwhelm
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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
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