drown
/draʊn/
US pronunciation
American sound/draʊn/
drown
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Myanmar meaning
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၁။ (က) ရေနစ်သည်။
rescue a drowning man.
(ခ) ရေနှစ်သတ်သည်။ ရေနစ်သေသည်။
He fell overboard and was drowned.
၂။ ~ sth (in sth) ရွှဲရွှဲစိုစေ သည်။ ရေမြုပ်သည်။ a drowned valley ❍ He drowned his meal in gravy. ထမင်းကို ဟင်းရည်ရွှဲရွှဲဆမ်းသည်။
၃။ ~ sb/sth (out)
အသံတစ်သံကို အခြားတစ်သံက ဖုံးလွှမ်းသည်။
She turned up the radio to drown (out) the noise of the traffic.
❏ drown one's sorrows (in drink) [IDM ] (esp joc ) စိတ်ညစ်၍ မေ့အောင်မူးအောင် သောက်သည်။
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go down, go under, sink, die, asphyxiate, cover, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drown out, engulf, flood, hide, immerse, inundate, knock over, mask, obliterate, obscure, overcome, overflow, overlie, overpower, overwater, overwhelm, plunge, prostrate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, stifle, submerge, suffocate, swamp, whelm, wipe out
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