verb (v)

• cover completely or make imperceptible(verb.contact)

  Example:
  I was drowned in work.
  The noise drowned out her speech.
  

  Synonym:
  overwhelm, submerge
  

  source: wordnet30
• get rid of as if by submerging(verb.change)

  Example:
  She drowned her trouble in alcohol.
  

  source: wordnet30
• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating(verb.change)

  Example:
  The child drowned in the lake.
  

  source: wordnet30
• kill by submerging in water(verb.change)

  Example:
  He drowned the kittens.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be covered with or submerged in a liquid(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  swim
  

  source: wordnet30
• To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.(verb)

  source: webster1913