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1. (v.t.) smother
to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
2. smother
to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air.
3. smother
to cover closely or thickly; envelop:
to smother a steak with mushrooms.
4. smother
to suppress or repress:
to smother one's grief.
5. smother
to cook (food) slowly in a tightly covered pan with little liquid:
smothered onions.
6. (v.i.) smother
to become stifled or suffocated; be prevented from breathing freely.
7. smother
to be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
8. (n.) smother
dense, stifling smoke.
9. smother
a smoking or smoldering state, as of burning matter.
10. smother
dust, fog, etc., in a dense or enveloping cloud.
11. smother
an overspreading profusion of anything:
a smother of papers.
Etymology: (1125–75; ME smorther dense smoke; akin to OE smorian to suffocate)
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| Definition of 'Smother' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
a confused multitude of things
2. (verb) smother
a stifling cloud of smoke
3. (verb) smother, surround
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
4. (verb) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
5. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
6. (verb) smother
form an impenetrable cover over
"the butter cream smothered the cake"
7. (verb) smother, put out
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
"smother fires"
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1. (verb) smother
to kill sb by putting sth over their mouth so they cannot breathe
She was accused of smothering the baby.
2. smother
to try to stop yourself from doing sth
attempts to smother their laughter
3. smother
to put out a fire by covering it
a blanket to smother the flames
4. smother
to protect a child too much
His mother had always smothered him.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Smother
to destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child
2. (verb) Smother
to affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire
3. (verb) Smother
hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure
4. (verb) Smother
to be suffocated or stifled
5. (verb) Smother
to burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder
6. (verb) Smother
stifling smoke; thick dust
7. (verb) Smother
a state of suppression
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Sense: to kill or die from lack of air, caused especially by a thick covering over the mouth and nose; to suffocate
He smothered his victim by holding a pillow over her face.
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 Afrikaans: versmoor |
 Arabic: يَخْنُق، يَخْتَنِق |
 Bulgarian: задушавам (се) |
 Brazilian: sufocar |
 Czech: udusit (se) |
 German: ersticken |
 Danish: kvæle |
 Greek: πνίγω, πνίγομαι από έλλει |
 Spanish: asfixiar, ahogar |
 Estonian: lämmatama, lämbuma |
 Farsi: خفه كردن |
 Finnish: tukehtua |
 French: étouffer |
 Hebrew: לַחֲנוֹק |
 Hindi: गला घोटना |
 Croatian: ugušiti, udaviti se |
 Hungarian: megfojt |
 Indonesian: membekap |
 Icelandic: kæfa |
 Italian: soffocare, asfissiare |
 Japanese: 窒息させる |
 Korean: 질식 시키다 |
 Lithuanian: dusinti, dusti |
 Latvian: nosmacēt; noslāpēt; nosma |
 Malay: menekap |
 Dutch: (doen) stikken |
 Norwegian: kvele(s) |
 Polish: dusić (się), dławić się |
 Persian: خفه كردن |
 Pashto: تربتول، خپه كول، سابندول: |
 Portuguese: sufocar |
 Romanian: a sufoca |
 Russian: (за)душить; задохнуться |
 Slovak: zadusiť (sa) |
 Slovenian: zadušiti (se) |
 Serbian: ugušiti |
 Swedish: kväva[s] |
 Thai: ตายเพราะขาดอากาศหายใจ |
 Turkish: boğ(ul)mak |
 Taiwanese: 窒息 |
 Ukrainian: душити; задихнутися |
 Urdu: سانس گھونٹنا |
 Vietnamese: làm nghẹt thở, bóp chết |
 Chinese: 窒息 |
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