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drowns the miller

drowns the miller is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about drowns the miller

What is drowns the miller the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drowns the miller is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drown the miller.

Words near drowns the miller in the dictionary

  1. drownproofing
  2. drownproofs
  3. drowns
  4. drowns one's sorrows
  5. drowns out
  6. drowns the miller
  7. drowse
  8. drowsed
  9. drowses
  10. drowsest
  11. drowseth

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