What is the meaning of drowned?

verb

• Cover completely or make imperceptible.
  • usage: "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
  • synonyms: submerge, drown, overwhelm
• Get rid of as if by submerging.
  • usage: "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
  • synonyms: drown
• Die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.
  • usage: "The child drowned in the lake"
  • synonyms: drown
• Kill by submerging in water.
  • usage: "He drowned the kittens"
  • synonyms: drown
• Be covered with or submerged in a liquid.
  • usage: "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
  • synonyms: swim, drown