What does smother mean?
Definitions for smother
ˈsmʌð ərsmoth·er
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word smother.
Princeton's WordNet
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smothernoun
a confused multitude of things
smotherverb
a stifling cloud of smoke
smother, surroundverb
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
smother, asphyxiate, suffocateverb
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"
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repressverb
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
smotherverb
form an impenetrable cover over
"the butter cream smothered the cake"
smother, put outverb
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
"smother fires"
Webster Dictionary
Smotherverb
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
Smotherverb
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
Smotherverb
hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure
Smotherverb
to be suffocated or stifled
Smotherverb
to burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder
Smotherverb
stifling smoke; thick dust
Smotherverb
a state of suppression
Etymology: [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Smother
smuth′ėr, v.t. to suffocate by excluding the air: to conceal.—v.i. to be suffocated or suppressed: to smoulder.—n. smoke: thick floating dust: state of being smothered: confusion.—ns. Smotherā′tion, suffocation: a sailor's dish of meat buried in potatoes; Smoth′eriness.—adv. Smoth′eringly.—adj. Smoth′ery, tending to smother: stifling. [M. E. smorther—A.S. smorian, to smother; cf. Ger. schmoren, to stew.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smother in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of smother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of smother in a Sentence
We are scaling up our action, We must smother this little fire before it gets out of control.
When you want something desperately, you smother the chance for it to come to you. Relax; focus on life as it is in the here and now, then all will come to you before you know it!
It’s not in a bloody Civil War, it’s a revolution that is sold to you as progress when it is not, if America were patient, this White House will be happy to smother it with a pillow.
Heretics have been hated from the beginning of recorded time; they have been ostracized, exiled, tortured, maimed and butchered; but it has generally proved impossible to smother them; and when it has not, the society that has succeeded has always declined.
crime is like a fire you must smother it before it gets out of hand
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- asfixiarCatalan, Valencian
- ersticken, unterdrücken, dämpfenGerman
- καταπνίγω, πνίγομαι, πνίγωGreek
- apagar, reprimir, sofocarSpanish
- tukahtua, tukahduttaa, kyteä, tukehduttaa, tukehtuaFinnish
- étoufferFrench
- megfojtHungarian
- affogare, estinguere, nascondere, asfissiare, ricoprire, ridurre, reprimere, spegnere, rallentare, soffocare, colmareItalian
- tāmou, tātāmi, tāmiMāori
- temperen, uitdoven, stikkenDutch
- udusić, dusić, przydusić, zdusićPolish
- потушить, задыхаться, задушить, тушить, душить, задохнуться, тлетьRussian
- kväva, kvävas, dämpaSwedish
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