(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When someone ~s or is ~ed, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe.
A child can ~ in only a few inches of water...
Last night a boy was ~ed in the river...
He walked into the sea and ~ed himself...
Dolphins have sometimes been known to save ~ing swimmers.
VERB: V, be V-ed, V pron-refl, V-ing
2.
If you say that a person or thing is ~ing in something, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it.
...people who gradually find themselves ~ing in debt...
The potatoes were ~ed in chilli.
VERB: V in n, be V-ed emphasis
3.
If something ~s a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.
Clapping ~ed the speaker’s words for a moment...
VERB: V n
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Drown out means the same as ~.
Their cheers ~ed out the protests of demonstrators...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
4.
If you say that someone is ~ing their sorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them.
PHRASE: V inflects