drown

verb/draʊn/

Frequency rank: #6,189 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

To die or kill by being unable to breathe under water.

Illustration for the English word “drown”

Example sentence

During the storm, the sailor feared he would drown in the rising waves.

Synonyms & related words

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