(1):

(v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.

(2):

(v. t.) To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

(3):

(v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; - said especially of sound.

(4):

(v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.