drowning (redirected from Near-drowning)

drown  (droun)

v. drowned, drown·ing, drowns

v.tr.

1. To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.

2. To drench thoroughly or cover with or as if with a liquid.

3. To deaden one's awareness of; blot out: people who drowned their troubles in drink.

4. To muffle or mask (a sound) by a louder sound: screams that were drowned out by the passing train.

v.intr.

To die by suffocating in water or another liquid.

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[Middle English drounen, probably of Scandinavian origin; see dhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

Translations

drowning [ˈdraʊnɪŋ] N → ahogo m

drown out VT + ADV [+ voice, sound, words] → ahogar

drowning

adj person → ertrinkend; a drowning man will clutch at a straw (Prov) → dem Verzweifelten ist jedes Mittel recht

n → Ertrinken nt; there were three drownings here last year → im letzten Jahr sind hier drei Leute ertrunken

drowning [ˈdraʊnɪŋ]

1. adj → che sta annegando or affogando

2. n → annegamento