drown
/dɹaʊn/verb
Elementary
1
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
2
To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
3
To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
4
To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
5
To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing