Definition of "drown" []

• To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid. (verb-transitive)
• To drench thoroughly or cover with or as if with a liquid. (verb-transitive)
• To deaden one's awareness of; blot out: people who drowned their troubles in drink. (verb-transitive)
• To muffle or mask (a sound) by a louder sound: screams that were drowned out by the passing train. (verb-transitive)
• To die by suffocating in water or another liquid. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Whoever does not drown is the witch, and we have all sorts of good logs here in Minnesota we can dry out for that eventuality. markgritter noted that this would leave Gov."
• "The story that a turkey which looks up during a rainstorm will drown is likely apocryphal, but certainly they seem stupid enough to not look down when they feel their lungs filling up."
• "Damon said he was especially nervous when he was doing a scene in the water, because “to drown is a very human fear.”"