2. Noun. An instance of a person or animal drowning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drowning
1. drown [v] - See also: drown
Medical Definition of Drowning
1. Death within 24 hours of immersion in liquid, either due to anoxia or cardiac arrest caused by sudden extreme lowering of temperature (immersion syndrome). See: near drowning. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowning
Literary usage of Drowning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, John J. Reese (1880)
"HOMICIDAL AND SUICIDAL drowning. UNDER the term Asphyxia or ... In drowning
asphyxia is produced by a physical impediment to the introduction of air into ..."
2. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"I state this from having accidentally experienced all the phenomena of drowning
up to the complete loss of sensibility and consciousness. ..."
3. Statistical Report by New York (N.Y.). Police Dept (1906)
"Central Office Squad Making an arrest for violation of Motor Vehicle Law Harbor
A Saving man from drowning (Rhinelander Medal for 1909) Harbor Precinct ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance: Including Benefit by Frederick Hampden Bacon (1917)
"In a leading case,91 the Court reviewed the law applying where death occurs from
drowning as follows: "It is well settled that an involuntary death by ..."
5. Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick: How to Keep Well and what to Do by William Gordon Stimpson, Milton Hugh Foster (1919)
"If possible, do not attempt to rescue a drowning person in deep water by entering
... The best interests of the drowning person are served, when practical, ..."
6. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1904)
"drowning.' London.2 — (For pin-sticking witchcraft) pa nam man •)> pif -} 964-995.
... 450, and other drowning customs Pevensey franchises extended. ..."
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