drown
/draʊn/verb
उच्चारण ड्राउन
डूबना; डुबोना
Core word
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[I, T]
to die because you have been underwater too long and you cannot breathe; to make something very wet; to be louder than other sounds so that they cannot be heard
डूबना; डुबोना
- drown in the river
- drown out the noise
- Two children nearly drowned in the pond.
+ 3 more examples
- Flood waters drowned the fields.
- The loud music drowned the speaker's voice.
- He felt as if he was drowning in work.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
drown (intransitive): sb drowns
Use drown without an object when the person dies in water. The simple past is drowned; there is no form drownded.
जब व्यक्ति पानी में डूबकर मर जाता है, तब 'drown' बिना object के आता है। Past tense 'drowned' है।
- Two children drowned in the river last summer.
- The man nearly drowned before the lifeguard reached him.
drown + sb (transitive) / be drowned
As a transitive verb it means to kill someone by holding them under water. The passive be drowned is common in news.
Transitive क्रिया के रूप में इसका अर्थ किसी को पानी में डुबोकर मारना है। समाचारों में passive 'be drowned' आम है।
- Three fishermen were drowned when the boat capsized.
- The flood drowned several villages.
drown sth / drown sth out
To drown a sound is to make it impossible to hear because of a louder one. With out it is a phrasal verb: drown out.
किसी ध्वनि को 'drown' करने का अर्थ है उसे अधिक तेज़ आवाज़ से सुनाई न देने देना। 'Drown out' phrasal verb है।
- The band drowned out the speaker's voice.
- Loud music drowned the sound of the bell.
drown sth in + liquid / drown in + sth (figurative)
Drown in can mean to be buried under too much of something, such as work or debt. Drown sth in sauce means to cover it with too much.
'Drown in' का अर्थ किसी चीज़, जैसे काम या कर्ज़, के बोझ तले दबना हो सकता है। 'Drown sth in sauce' का अर्थ बहुत अधिक सॉस डालना है।
- Radhika is drowning in paperwork before the audit.
- Don't drown the rice in curry.
+Collocations 5
adverb + drown
nearlyalmosttragicallyaccidentallyslowly
- A child almost drowned in the village pond.
drown + noun
a sounda voicesorrowsfearsdoubts
- He tried to drown his sorrows in music.
drown + preposition
in the seain debtin workin saucein tears
- The small business was drowning in debt.
save / rescue + from drowning
saverescuepull outteach to swim
- The lifeguard saved the boy from drowning.
drowning + noun
manvictimaccidentdeathrisk
- A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
“More examples 5
- Many people drown during the Ganesh immersion every year.
हर वर्ष गणेश विसर्जन के दौरान कई लोग डूब जाते हैं।
- The roar of the crowd drowned the announcer's voice.
भीड़ के शोर ने उद्घोषक की आवाज़ को दबा दिया।
- She felt she was drowning in assignments during the final term.
उसे लगा कि अंतिम सत्र में वह असाइनमेंटों के बोझ तले दब रही है।
- The cook drowned the vegetables in oil.
रसोइए ने सब्ज़ियों को तेल में डुबो दिया।
- Learn to swim so that you never drown in an emergency.
तैरना सीखो ताकि आपातकाल में कभी न डूबो।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Two boys were drown in the river yesterday.
✓ Two boys drowned in the river yesterday.
Use the past tense drowned; drown cannot be the form after were.
यहाँ past tense 'drowned' आता है; 'were' के बाद 'drown' रूप गलत है।
✗ She is drowning from work.
✓ She is drowning in work.
Drown takes in before the thing that covers or overwhelms you.
जो चीज़ ढक या दबा रही हो, उससे पहले 'drown' के साथ 'in' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words are about dying or being overwhelmed in water, but differ in fatal meaning.
ये शब्द पानी में मरने या दब जाने के बारे में हैं, पर घातक अर्थ में भिन्न हैं।
To die in water because you cannot breathe, or to cover or overwhelm.
साँस न ले पाने के कारण पानी में मरना, या ढक देना और दबा देना।
- He drowned in the lake.
To go down below the surface of water, with or without death.
पानी की सतह के नीचे चले जाना, मृत्यु हो या न हो।
- The boat sank.
To die or feel unable to breathe because of no air, not only in water.
हवा न मिलने से मरना या साँस न ले पाना, केवल पानी में नहीं।
- The room was so hot that she nearly suffocated.
→Phrasal verbs 1
drown sb/sth out
(of a sound) to be louder than other sounds so that they cannot be heard
(तेज़ आवाज़ से) दूसरी आवाज़ दबा देना
- The noise of the traffic drowned out his voice.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
'A drowning man will clutch at a straw' (a desperate person will try anything); grammar: drowned (not 'drownded').
कहावत 'A drowning man will clutch at a straw' (डूबते को तिनके का सहारा); grammar में drowned ('drownded' नहीं)।