Associations to the word «Drowning»

Wiktionary

DROWNING, verb. Present participle of drown
DROWNING, noun. An instance of a person or animal drowning.
DROWNING CHAIN, noun. A series of conditions that can lead to a person being drowned: lack of education (about water safety or local conditions), lack of safety advice, lack of protection (such as a flotation device), lack of supervision, and inability to cope (e.g. a weak swimmer in strong currents).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats