Antonyms for drown
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : droun |
| Phonetic Transcription : draÊŠn |
Definition of drown
Origin :- c.1300, transitive and intransitive, perhaps from an unrecorded derivative word of Old English druncnian (Middle English druncnen) "be swallowed up by water" (originally of ships as well as living things), probably from the base of drincan "to drink."
- Modern form is from northern England dialect, probably influenced by Old Norse drukna "be drowned." Related: Drowned; drowning.
- verb submerge in liquid; submerge and die
- That was why she had made such a noise about it, in order to drown these words.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- But are you voluble enough to drown all sense in a torrent of words?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Were we to drown the world with them, could the world blame us?
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Peter might not be dead; what should he say to Margaret if he left him there to drown?
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- Stryker had befriended him indeed, had he permitted him to drown.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- But he did not drown, for a Triton came his way who took him along with him to the dragon-castle.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- "Drown him in the new butt of Moselle," recommended Rudesheimer.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- The blind man bawled, as if he wished to drown the sound of speech.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- In the end they'll be killed or will drown for lack of water as these first ones did.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- Divide it and try to sell it piecemeal, and do not drown yourself.
- Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
Synonyms for drown
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019