Past tense of drown
regular verb
The past tense of drown is drowned. The past participle is also drowned.
Forms of drown
| Base form (V1) | drown /dɹaʊn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | drowned /dɹaʊnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | drowned /dɹaʊnd/ |
| Present participle | drowning /ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | drowns /dɹaʊnz/ |
Drowned in a sentence
- When I was a baby, I nearly drowned in the bathtub.
- The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather.
- The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.From the entry strong
- She (was) drowned while trying to swim across the English Channel.From the entry drowned
- For the renowned sushi chef, it was a guilty pleasure to eat fish sticks drowned in tartar sauce.From the entry guilty pleasure
Meaning of drown
- verb To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
- verb To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
- verb To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
Questions about the past tense of drown
- What is the past tense of drown?
- The past tense of drown is drowned.
- What is the past participle of drown?
- The past participle of drown is drowned.
- Is drown a regular or irregular verb?
- Drown is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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