cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"
be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation; "the divers saved the drowning child"