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drowned the miller

drowned the miller is the simple past and past participle of drown the miller.

Meaning of drown the miller

Verb

drown the miller (third-person singular simple present drowns the miller, present participle drowning the miller, simple past and past participle drowned the miller)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, slang) To put too much water in something; overdilute.
    • […] I tell my Bowl Friends, that our ministers have spoilt the punch. Sometimes they give us too much spirit, as when they display a vigour beyond the law; and sometimes, as we say, they drown the Miller, and make sad insipid stuff of it; again they sting our throats with acid; but it is not once...1821, The Economist, page 241

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What is drowned the miller the simple past and past participle of?
Drowned the miller is the simple past and past participle of drown the miller.

Words near drowned the miller in the dictionary

  1. drownds
  2. Drowne
  3. drowned
  4. drowned one's sorrows
  5. drowned out
  6. drowned the miller
  7. drowned tube
  8. drowned tubes
  9. drownee
  10. drownees
  11. drowner

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