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drowned

USDROWND/dɹaʊnd/

2 meanings of drowned

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of drown. Use this form for something that already happened.

    Three sailors drowned when the small boat went under.

    The deep well had drowned more than one careless child over the years.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Killed by being under water and not able to breathe.

    The drowned sailor was buried in a small grave near the shore.

    They found a drowned cat floating in the flooded basement.

drowned is a form of drown

drown, verb: To die under water because you cannot get air to breathe. Full entry

Forms
drowndrowns he/she/itdrowning -ing formdrowned past tense, past participle
Spelling
drown → drowned: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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