{
    "term": "drown",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "drown",
            "heSheIt": "drowns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "drowned",
        "pastParticiple": "drowned",
        "ingForm": "drowning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to die because you have been underwater too long and you cannot breathe; to kill somebody by holding them underwater",
            "sensetop": "drown somebody/something/yourselfbe drowned",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Two children drowned after falling into the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had attempted to rescue the drowning man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tried to drown herself.",
                    "contextForm": "drown somebody/something/yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had drowned the unwanted kittens."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was drowned at sea.",
                    "contextForm": "be drowned"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship's captain refused to leave them to drown."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were commended for saving a four-year-old from drowning."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make something very wet; to completely cover something in water or another liquid",
            "sensetop": "drown something (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The fruit was drowned in cream."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "drench"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be louder than other sounds so that you cannot hear them",
            "sensetop": "drown somebody/something (out)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She turned up the radio to drown out the noise from next door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His words were drowned out by jeers and whistling."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have so much of something that you cannot deal with it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We're drowning in applications so please don't write in."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get drunk in order to forget your problems",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/draʊn/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drown__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/draʊnz/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drowns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/draʊnd/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drowned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdraʊnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drowning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/draʊn/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drown__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/draʊnz/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drowns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/draʊnd/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drowned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdraʊnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "dr/drown/drowning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally northern): related to Old Norse drukkna ‘to be drowned’, also to drink."
}