Drown — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

cover completely or make imperceptible

get rid of as if by submerging

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmˈɜːdʒəns/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈaʊn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈaʊn/

1 syllable Say it as /ɪmˈɜːdʒəns/.

Examples

I was drowned in work
The noise drowned out her speech
She drowned her trouble in alcohol

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

overwhelm swim submerge

Parts of Speech

verb	cover completely or make imperceptible “I was drowned in work”
verb	get rid of as if by submerging “She drowned her trouble in alcohol”
verb	die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating “The child drowned in the lake”
verb	kill by submerging in water “He drowned the kittens”
verb	be covered with or submerged in a liquid “the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ertrinken

vollständig abdecken oder unmerklich machen

🇫🇷French

noyer

couvrir complètement ou rendre imperceptible

🇪🇸Spanish

ahogar

cubrir completamente o hacer imperceptible

🇮🇹Italian

annegare

coprire completamente o rendere impercettibile

🇳🇱Dutch

verdrinken

volledig bedekken of onmerkbaar maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

afogar

cobrir completamente ou tornar imperceptível

🇷🇺Russian

тонуть

закрыть полностью или сделать незаметным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

डूबना

पूरी तरह से ढक देना या अदृश्य कर देना

🇧🇩Bengali

ডুব

সম্পূর্ণরূপে আবরণ বা অদৃশ্য করা

🇮🇳Tamil

மூழ்கி

முழுமையாக மறைக்க அல்லது கண்ணுக்கு தெரியாததாக ஆக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

మునిగిపోతారు

పూర్తిగా కవర్ చేయండి లేదా కనిపించకుండా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

बुडणे

पूर्णपणे झाकून किंवा अदृश्य करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડૂબવું

સંપૂર્ણપણે આવરી લો અથવા અગોચર બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುಳುಗುತ್ತವೆ

ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ಅಥವಾ ಅಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുങ്ങിമരിക്കുക

പൂർണ്ണമായും മൂടുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അദൃശ്യമാക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੁੱਬਣਾ

ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਕਵਰ ਕਰੋ ਜਾਂ ਅਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈوب

مکمل طور پر ڈھانپیں یا ناقابل تصور بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

淹死

完全覆盖或难以察觉

🇯🇵Japanese

溺れる

完全に覆うか、見えないようにする

🇰🇷Korean

안 들리게 하다

완전히 덮거나 눈에 띄지 않게 만들다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chết đuối

che phủ hoàn toàn hoặc làm cho không thể nhận ra

🇹🇭Thai

จมน้ำตาย

ปกปิดให้หมดหรือทำให้มองไม่เห็น

🇮🇩Indonesian

menenggelamkan

menutupi seluruhnya atau membuatnya tidak terlihat

🇵🇭Filipino

malunod

takpan nang buo o gawing hindi mahahalata

🇲🇾Malay

lemas

tutup sepenuhnya atau buat tidak kelihatan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يغرق

تغطية تماما أو جعل غير محسوس

🇮🇷Persian

غرق شدن

کاملاً بپوشانید یا نامحسوس کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

boğulmak

tamamen örtün veya algılanamaz hale getirin

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַטבִּיעַ

לכסות לחלוטין או לעשות בלתי מורגש

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