drown

verb

1. cover completely or make imperceptible"I was drowned in work"
2. get rid of as if by submerging"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
3. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating"The child drowned in the lake"
4. kill by submerging in water"He drowned the kittens"
5. be covered with or submerged in a liquid"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
6. be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation"the divers saved the drowning child"