What does "drown" mean?

Drown: To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. "They drown the land." Dryden.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
  2. 3.To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Sir J. Davies. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison. To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] Holland.

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