1. (

• submerge ,
• drown ,
• overwhelm

) cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" ;

2. (

• drown ,

) get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol" ;

3. (

• drown

) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" ;

4. (

• drown ,

) kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens" ;

5. (

• swim ,
• drown

) be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy" ;

6. (

• drown ,

) be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation; "the divers saved the drowning child" ;