drown
Meaning of drown
verb
- die through submersion in and inhalation of water.
a motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay
two fishermen were drowned when their motorboat capsized
Middle English (originally northern): related to Old Norse drukkna ‘to be drowned’, also to drink.
Information about drown
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of drown is: drowns.
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Hyphenation of drown
drown
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- drown is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
drown synonyms
Meaning submerge:
Translation of drown
- Spanish: ahogarse, ahogar
- German: ertrinken, ersaufen, ertränken, ersäufen
- Italian: annegare, affogare
- Portuguese: afogar
- French: noyer
Anagrams of drown
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