1
as in to flood
to cover with a flood
whole villages drowned by the rampaging river
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2
as in to soak
to wet thoroughly with liquid
drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry
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3
as in to wet
to make wet
cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce
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Recent Examples of drown
In 2007, Black’s teenage brother Miguel Payne drowned at a local lake.
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Kff Health News, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
The autofocus is fast and reliable, and low-light shots come out clean without drowning in grain.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
In 2007, Black’s teenage brother Miguel Payne drowned at a local lake.
—Cara Anthony, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
But because the signals are so faint, they can be drowned out by cheap jammers or replaced by counterfeit ones.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kff Health News, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
The autofocus is fast and reliable, and low-light shots come out clean without drowning in grain.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
In 2007, Black’s teenage brother Miguel Payne drowned at a local lake.
—Cara Anthony, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
But because the signals are so faint, they can be drowned out by cheap jammers or replaced by counterfeit ones.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drown
Verb
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The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United States is flooded with nearly half a billion guns, and the stockpile does not vanish just because the murder rate dips.—
John J. Donohue,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Not with crisp, clean bedding but with your sheet coming out of the dryer balled up in your duvet cover, still soaking wet.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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On their simulated planet, clouds released rain that froze into icebergs that melted and flowed down rivers, soaking soil and evaporating to rejoin the atmosphere.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Before going in, run the inside of your mouth with your tongue to wet every surface.—
Ian Kumamoto,
Them.,
10 Sep. 2025
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Increase the resistance on this exercise by wetting the towel first.—
Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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But as her due date grew closer, fighting in her neighborhood escalated, engulfing the entire village.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The docuseries initially picked up steam after debuting at SXSW in 2024 and was engulfed by Starz.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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In pastel satin, the shoe softened the architecture while saturating the butter tone that has been trending on red carpets all month.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The devices nearly saturated the ground, and boosted humidity in the grove by 20%, dampening fire spread, Zwierzchowski said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Yet a surprisingly large number of dishes that are washed end up being washed by hand.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, rather than making the dog wash by himself, Osmin stood under the shower head and had to hold Buddah in his arms the entire time.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And in moments when a winner did say what was on their mind, the Boys & Girls Club bit overwhelmed them.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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This type of pressure would overwhelm most professionals, yet Nate Bargatze accepted the offer to host the 2025 Emmys.—
Stacey Stratton,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Interestingly, this is not the first time the King drenched himself in rain to swing a club.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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With the Chocolate Original Glazed, the whole donut is drenched in a milk chocolate coating.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Drown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drown. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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