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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drown \Drown\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
Methought, what pain it was to drown.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. An instance of a person or animal drowning. vb. (present participle of drown English)
Wikipedia
Drowning is defined as respiratory impairment from being in or under a liquid. It is further classified by outcome into: death, ongoing health problems and no ongoing health problems. Using the term near drowning to refer to those who survive is no longer recommended. Drowning occurs more frequently in males and the young.
Drowning itself is quick and silent, although it may be preceded by distress which is more visible. Generally in the early stages of drowning very little water enters the lungs: a small amount of water entering the trachea causes a muscular spasm that seals the airway and prevents the passage of both air and water until unconsciousness occurs. This means a person drowning is unable to shout or call for help, or seek attention, as they cannot obtain enough air. The instinctive drowning response is the final set of autonomic reactions in the 20–60 seconds before sinking underwater, and to the untrained eye can look similar to calm safe behavior. Lifeguards and other persons trained in rescue learn to recognize drowning people by watching for these movements.
In 2013 there were about 1.7 million cases of drowning. Unintentional drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury resulting in death worldwide. In 2013 it was estimated to have resulted in 368,000 deaths down from 545,000 deaths in 1990. Of these deaths 82,000 occurred in children less than five years old. It accounts for 7% of all injury related deaths (excluding those due to natural disasters), with 91% of these deaths occurring in low-income and middle-income countries. In many countries, drowning is one of the leading causes of death for children under 12 years old. For example, in the United States, it is the second leading cause of death (after motor vehicle crashes) in children 12 and younger. The rate of drowning in populations around the world varies widely according to their access to water, the climate and the national swimming culture.
Drowning is death from suffocation caused by a liquid entering the lungs.
Drowning may also refer to:
- The Drowning EP, an EP by Dashboard Confessional
- "Drowning" (Backstreet Boys song)
- "Drowning" (Crazy Town song)
- "Drowning" (Hootie & the Blowfish song)
- "Drowning", a song by Adema from Adema
- "Drowning", a song by Armin van Buuren from Mirage
- "Drowning", a song by Jay Brannan from In Living Cover
- "Drowning", a song by Rufio from The Comfort of Home
- "Drowning", a song by Screaming Jets from World Gone Crazy
- "Drowning", a song by Six Feet Under from Alive and Dead
- "Drowning", a song by Stereophonics from Pull the Pin
- "A Drowning", a song by How to Destroy Angels
- Drowning II, an album by Plasma Pool
- Drowning Fork, a stream in Illinois
"Drowning" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. It was released on October 16, 2001 as the first and only single from their compilation album The Hits – Chapter One.
The song was written by Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub and Linda Thompson and produced by Yacoub and Kristian Lundin. The song was initially recorded for the Black & Blue album, but there wasn't any room on the track list for it.
It was released as an iTunes Exclusive Play on January 14, 2008. It features member Kevin Richardson on piano and was also their last release before a two-year-hiatus from 2002 - 2004.
The song reached #28 in the US on November 13, 2001 and also did moderately well in the international charts, peaking at #3 in Sweden and #5 in Norway. The song also did exceptionally well on TRL, and the video for it was retired on February 26, 2002. The song was featured on the 2002 compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 9.
Parts of the song, e.g. the piano intro and the chorus, are very similar to "Långsamt farväl" released by the Swedish artist Mauro Scocco in 1997. Andreas Carlsson, co-writer of "Drowning", actually sang backing vocals on Lisa Nilsson's version of "Långsamt farväl" released in 2003.
"Drowning" is the first single from Crazy Town's second album, Darkhorse, and fifth released single in total. The song was written by Crazy Town and peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and No. 50 in the UK.
"Drowning" is a song by American rock group Hootie & the Blowfish. It is the seventh track on their debut album Cracked Rear View (1994), and was released as the album's last single in late 1995. The song centers on themes of prejudice and racism, and drew attention to the "rebel" flags displayed at the South Carolina State House at the time, twenty years before that symbol was removed by a vote of the state's legislature. The lyrics also reference singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, and her 1989 song "It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go."
"Drowning (Face Down)" is the third single by the hard rock band Saving Abel from their self-titled debut album. "Drowning (Face Down)" peaked number 24 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 3 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The music video was made on March 20, 2009, and was released on April 30. The video was shot in part at A2 Wind Tunnel, in Mooresville, North Carolina. The video features former NASCAR owner/driver Jeremy Mayfield, with cameos by drivers Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex, Jr., and Brian Vickers.
Usage examples of "drowning".
I thought, if he had kept quiet and seen to his borders first, for no sooner had the name of Ahura Mazda rung freely across the Land of Fires than the wave of Akkadian vengeance broke, drowning it in blood.
And instead of a mad Amishman drowning women, there was now a mad but grossly deformed Amishman living among the hay bales who was terrified of anyone entering his secret domain.
It was littered with clams, crustaceans, squid, fish, ammonites of all sizes, all of them drowning in the air.
He must have been desperate to haul Boardman back on board, though it was hardly a lifebelt to a drowning man.
Already he hung over the bombsight like a drowning man over a life preserver, wiping his eyes with his sleeves while staring down into the aiming viewer.
Luck and his leaking bullboat kept him afloat until nightfall when he caught up with a drowning antelope.
Finally, when Calliste thought Leda was intent on drowning, Leda kicked toward the surface.
Jerry who looked the other way when Capri was drowning and needed help.
Old Man Pillager told me, when we were on the closest terms, how drowning was the worst death for a Chippewa to experience.
The wind tossed and agitated the corn on both sides of the road, drowning all sound, but in the dimmest light Ludwig could see the monster was gone.
The blood roared in her ears, drowning out all other sounds, but in her mind she could feel the anguished calls coming from the Greens over what had to be done, even from those like Cyril who had persuaded them that it was the only way.
Then, while he was still exhausted, he had come within a hairsbreadth of drowning.
Once, in gun belt, Stetson, and all his chiefly finery, he had hurled himself into a shallow canal with hippopotamian zeal to save a child who might or might not have been drowning.
There was a hoglike grunt, then a tremendous splash to his left, the scream drowning instantly.
Helen Hussey called the atrium on the walkie-talkie to report that Nathan Coleman had shot himself to escape drowning, Ray Richardson understood for the first time the gravity of their situation.