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drownproof

drownproof verb: to train (a person) to float in water without sinking or drowning, occasionally raising the mouth above the surface to take a breath.

Verb

drownproof (third-person singular simple present drownproofs, present participle drownproofing, simple past and past participle drownproofed)

  1. (transitive) To train (a person) to float in water without sinking or drowning, occasionally raising the mouth above the surface to take a breath.

Forms of drownproof

third-person singular presentdrownproofs
present participledrownproofing
past participledrownproofed
pastdrownproofed

Origin of drownproof

From drown + -proof.

Questions about drownproof

What does drownproof mean?
Drownproof means to train (a person) to float in water without sinking or drowning, occasionally raising the mouth above the surface to take a breath.
What part of speech is drownproof?
Drownproof is a verb.
What is the past tense of drownproof?
The past tense of drownproof is drownproofed.

Words near drownproof in the dictionary

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

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