- druncnian
- \druncnian1 wv/i2 to get or be drunk, become drunk; get drunk, make drunk; furnish with drink; sink, drown
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Drown — Drown, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drowning}.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See {Drunken}, {Drink}.] To be suffocated in water or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drowned — Drown Drown, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drowning}.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See {Drunken}, {Drink}.] To be suffocated in water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drowning — Drown Drown, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drowning}.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See {Drunken}, {Drink}.] To be suffocated in water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drouk — /droohk/, v.t. Scot. to wet thoroughly; drench. [1505 15; < ON drukna to be drowned; c. OE druncnian to drown] * * * … Universalium
drown — drowner, n. /drown/, v.i. 1. to die under water or other liquid of suffocation. v.t. 2. to kill by submerging under water or other liquid. 3. to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion: He drowned his sorrows in drink. 4. to flood or… … Universalium
drown — (v.) c.1300, trans. and intrans., perhaps from an unrecorded derivative word of O.E. druncnian (M.E. 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… … Etymology dictionary
drown — [[t]draʊn[/t]] v. i. 1) to die of suffocation under water or other liquid 2) to kill by submerging under water or other liquid 3) to destroy or get rid of by immersion: to drown one s troubles in drink[/ex] 4) to flood or inundate with water or… … From formal English to slang
drown — /draʊn / (say drown) verb (i) 1. to be suffocated by immersion in water or other liquid. –verb (t) 2. to suffocate (a person, etc.) by immersion in water or other liquid. 3. to destroy; get rid of. 4. to flood; inundate. 5. to overwhelm as by a… …
drown — [droun] vi. [ME drounen, prob. < var. of ON drukna, drown, akin to OE druncnian, to become drunk, be drowned < druncen, pp. of drincan, DRINK] to die by suffocation in water or other liquid vt. 1. to kill by suffocation in water or other… … English World dictionary
drown´ing|ly — drown «drown», intransitive verb. to die under water or other liquid because of lack of air to breathe: »The fisherman almost drowned when his boat overturned. –v.t. 1. to kill by keeping under water or other liquid: »The flood drowned all the… … Useful english dictionary
