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Word entry · 5 letters

drown

Best crossword clue

"Die underwater"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /dɹaʊn/Part of speech verbSorted dnorwStarts with DEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

Word origin

From Middle English drownen, drounen, drunen (“to drown”), of obscure and uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • When I was a baby, I nearly drowned in the bathtub.
  • Old woes, not infant sorrows, bear them mild / Continuance tames the one; the other wild, / Like an unpractised swimmer plunging still, / With too much labour drowns for want of skill.
  • The car thief fought with an officer and tried to drown a police dog before being shot while escaping.

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