drown, v.tr.1Báim. He drowned himself, bháigh sé é féin. He was drowned, bádh é. A drowning man, fear a bheadh á bhá, i mbaol báite. He drowned his sorrow in drink, chuir sé cuimhne a bhuartha as a cheann leis an ól. 2aBánn (tailte). bWe were drowned out, cuireadh amach (as an teach) sinn ag an tuile. 3Múchaim (glór).