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DROWN OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drown out mean?
• DROWN OUT (verb)
The verb DROWN OUT has 1 sense:
1. make imperceptible
Familiarity information: DROWN OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make imperceptible
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music
Hypernyms (to "drown out" is one way to...):
make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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