'Drowning' definitions:
Definition of 'Drowning'
From: GCIDE
- Drown \Drown\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. [1913 Webster]
- Methought, what pain it was to drown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]