Vocabulary

Form

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown

verb vi
N3 freq #900

Example sentences

He saved a child from drowning in a pond.

He drowned in the river.

He's giving himself up to drink.

He went there swimming only to be drowned.

He rescued a boy from drowning.

The drowning man called for help, but in vain.

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.

Don't indulge yourself too much in drinking.