drowning
Meaning
drown
- (intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
- (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
- (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- (figuratively, transitive) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
- (figuratively, transitive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
Synonyms
Translations
noyade
verdrinking
affogamento
ahogamiento
afogamento
مغرورق
Erstickungstod تغريقFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/
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