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drowns

/dɹaʊnz/
Meanings
  • intransitive verb, transitive verb

    To cause (someone or something) to be submerged in or covered by water and unable to breathe or survive.

  • intransitive verb

    To die by drowning.

Synonyms

flood , inundate
Rhymes
Words rhyming with drowns
drowns , prowns , frowns , mows
Homonyms
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  1. drowns (English) : To cause (someone or something) to be submerged in or covered by water and unable to breathe or survive.

  2. drowns (English) : To put to sleep; to lull or soothe to sleep.

  3. drowns (Scottish Gaelic) : A deep pool or pond.

Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. drowns (English) : To cause (someone or something) to be submerged in or covered by water and unable to breathe or survive.

  2. drowns (English) : To put to sleep; to lull or soothe to sleep.

Variants
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drown , drowned , drowning , drowns
Forms
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drowns, drownses, drowned, drowning

Etymology
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From Old English druncan, from druncon, past participle of druncian, from druncon, from druccan, from dru, water.

Trivia
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  1. Approximately 320,000 people die from drowning each year worldwide.

  2. Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide.

  3. The oldest recorded case of drowning dates back to 3500 BC in Egypt.

Related Concepts
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  1. Drowning: The process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion in liquid.

  2. Lifejacket: A buoyant piece of equipment designed to keep a person afloat in water.

Culture
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The term 'drowns' is often used in literature and poetry to describe a tragic or unfortunate event. For example, in Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest', the character Prospero uses magic to make his enemies believe they are drowning in order to teach them a lesson.

How to Memorize "drowns"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a person struggling in water and gradually going under, unable to breathe.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'drowns' with the image of water and the sensation of being submerged and unable to breathe.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Drowning: Displaced, Restrained, Unconscious, No breathing, Inability to swim' to remember the definition.

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