usage: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
2. drown, extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
usage: get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
3. drown, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
usage: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
4. drown, kill
usage: kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"
5. swim, drown, be
usage: be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"