About The Word Smother
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Smother Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Smother?
[n] a stifling cloud of smoke
[n] a confused multitude of things [v] conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [v] envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [v] deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" [v] 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" [v] form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake" Synonyms | Synonyms for Smother: asphyxiate | clutter | jumble | mare's nest | muddle | muffle | put out | repress | stifle | strangle | suffocate | surround | welter Related Terms | Find terms related to Smother: See Also | conquer | cover | cover | curb | disorder | disorderliness | extinguish | fume | inhibit | kill | rummage | smoke | snuff out | spread over | stamp down | subdue | suppress Smother In Webster's Dictionary \Smoth"er\, n.
That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as
smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of
things.
Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the
evening and the smoke and smother of the storm. --The
Century.
\Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smothering}.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See {Smoor}.] 1. 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. 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. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure. \Smoth"er\, v. i. 1. To be suffocated or stifled. 2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder. \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See {Smother}, v. t.] 1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak. 2. A state of suppression. [Obs.] Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon. {Smother fly} (Zo["o]l.), an aphid. |
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