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Meanings of drown in English

Spanish
sumergir

Cover completely or make imperceptible.

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        sumergir

        Be covered with or submerged in a liquid.

              Usage of drown in English
              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
              Spanish
              sumergir
              Drown through the time
              Drown across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Less common