The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drown \Drown\, v. t.
   1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. "They
      drown the land." --Dryden.
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   2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
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   3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said
      especially of sound.
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            Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir
                                                  J. Davies.
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            My private voice is drowned amid the senate.
                                                  --Addison.
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   To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland.
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