verb
1
BAD : Nobody knows why the ship drowned.
GOOD : Nobody know why the ship sank.
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See note at SINK (↑ sink )
2
BAD : The boy was nearly drown.
GOOD : The boy was drowning.
BAD : A man jumped into the river to save her from being drown.
GOOD : A man jumped into the river to save her from drowning.
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drown (verb) = die by being under the water and unable to breathe: 'Help him! He's drowning!' 'The lifeguard got to him too late. He had already drowned.' 'She keeps away from the water because she's afraid of drowning.'