[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to die under water or other liquid of suffocation."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.", "to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion:He drowned his sorrows in drink.", "to flood or inundate.Synonyms: soak , drench , submerge , engulf , deluge", "to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound (often followed byout).", "to add too much water or liquid to (a drink, food, or the like).", "to slake (lime) by covering with water and letting stand."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to be overwhelmed by:The company is drowning in bad debts.to be covered with or enveloped in:The old movie star was drowning in mink.", "to be overwhelmed by:The company is drowning in bad debts.", "to be covered with or enveloped in:The old movie star was drowning in mink."]}]