Drown1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DROWNED; p. pr. & vb. n. DROWNING.] [Dan. drukne, Sw. drunkna, A-S. druncian, to immerse, drown, to drown the mind in drink, adrencéan, adrencan, to immerge, drencean, drencan, to water, give to drink, from drincan, to drink. Cf. DRENCH.]
Sense 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to immerse; to deluge; to inundate. “They drown the land.” Dryden.
Sense 2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
Sense 3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish;—said especially of sound.
Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Dryden.
My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison.
To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] Holland.