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Meanings of drown in anglès

espanyol
sumergir

Cover completely or make imperceptible.

Related terms
sumergir

Be covered with or submerged in a liquid.

Usage of drown in anglès
1
Your body needs water to live, but water can also drown you.
The Power of Giving
2
It's easy for active investors to drown in a sea of misinformation.
The Irish Times
3
It takes about eight hours to drown the way they work it.
The Illustrated Man
4
Our region will drown in a conflict whose outcome cannot be foreseen.
The Guardian
5
I think that the Scientology intention was to drown me in information.
The new yorker
6
Enormous waves whip across the water, powerful enough to drown you all.
A memory of wind
7
I get to a point where I am literally beginning to drown.
Suck it, wonder woman!: the misadventures of a hollywood geek
8
No troll in their right mind would try to drown a faerie.
Wings
9
There was always plenty of rum in which to drown the thought.
This Country of Ours
10
He looks as if he would drown rather than stay any longer.
The Kingmaker’s Daughter
11
Not with the noise from the common room to drown it out.
Pathfinder
12
At any rate it is not manly to drown it in drink.
The American Senator
13
Or equally free to stay on their slowly sinking vessel and drown.
Assail
14
Then it would cover the houses and towns, and drown the people.
Big People and Little People of Other Lands
15
Soon, though, it will be impossible to drown out the ticking clock.
The Guardian
16
He seems also to want to drown his sorrows in strong drink.
Speaks the Nightbird
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Translations for drown
espanyol
sumergir
Drown through the time
Drown across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common