What is "drowns"

Usage examples of "drowns".

The noise of their honking and shrilling and piping and whistling drowns the stealthy stroke of paddles dipped in and out of the water.

Harry follows her glue smell, which uproariously drowns out the smell of the seaweed, the smell of the tarred and yet rotting beams, the smell of the wind-dry runways, the smell of the sea air.