- 2. Crowd, collection, herd (of people in motion).
Drown, v. a.
- 1. Suffocate in water.
- 2. Overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood.
- 3. Overcome, overpower.
Drown, v. n. Be drowned.
Drowse, v. n. Slumber, doze, nap, be half asleep.
Drowsy, a.
- 1. Sleepy, dozy.
- 2. Lethargic, comatose, stupid.
- 3. Soporific, lulling.
Drub, v. a. Beat, thrash, cudgel, cane, flog, pound, thump, etc. See beat.
Drubbing, n. Beating, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, caning, pounding, flagellation.
Drudge, v. n. Slave, toil, plod, work hard, do heavy menial service.
Drudge, n. Slave, menial, scullion, hack, fag, hard-worker, toiler.
Drudgery, n. Hard or toilsome work, ignoble toil, mean labor.
Drug, n.
- 1. Medicine, physic, remedy.
- 2. Unsalable article.
Drug, v. a.
- 1. Mix with drugs, put drugs into.
- 2. Deaden with narcotics or anæsthetics, deaden, dull.
- 3. Dose to excess, stuff with drugs.