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drowning out

drowning out is the present participle and gerund of drown out.

Meaning of drown out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To cover, obscure, or overwhelm by being louder or more intense than.
    • He uses the music to drown out other noises around him.
    Synonyms:
    outdin

Questions about drowning out

What is drowning out the present participle and gerund of?
Drowning out is the present participle and gerund of drown out.

Words near drowning out in the dictionary

  1. drowneth
  2. drownin'
  3. drowning
  4. drowning chain
  5. drowning one's sorrows
  6. drowning out
  7. drowning the miller
  8. drowningly
  9. drownings
  10. drownproof
  11. drownproofed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drowning out (page history and authors); drown out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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