to die under water or other liquid of suffocation. verb (used with object) to kill by submerging under water or other liquid. to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion: He drowned his sorrows in drink. to flood or inundate.

What is the meaning of word drowned?

transitive verb. 1a : to suffocate by submersion especially in water. b : to submerge especially by a rise in the water level villages drowned by the flooding river. c : to soak, drench, or cover with a liquid drowns her French fries in ketchup.

What kind of word is drowned?

That has died by drowning.