smother

smoth·er

 (smŭth′ər)

v. smoth·ered, smoth·er·ing, smoth·ers

v.tr.

1.

a. To suffocate (another).

b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.

2. To conceal, suppress, or hide: Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward.

3. To cover thickly: smother chicken in sauce.

4. To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone): The grandparents smothered the child with affection.

v.intr.

1.

a. To suffocate.

b. To be extinguished.

2. To be concealed or suppressed.

3. To be surfeited with an emotion.

n.

Something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust, that smothers or tends to smother.

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[Middle English smotheren, from smorther, dense smoke; see smolder.]

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smother

(ˈsmʌðə)

vb

1. to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air

2. (tr) to surround (with) or envelop (in): he smothered her with love.

3. (tr) to extinguish (a fire) by covering so as to cut it off from the air

4. to be or cause to be suppressed or stifled: smother a giggle.

5. (Cookery) (tr) to cook or serve (food) thickly covered with sauce, etc

n

6. anything, such as a cloud of smoke, that stifles

7. a profusion or turmoil

8. archaic a state of smouldering or a smouldering fire

[Old English smorian to suffocate; related to Middle Low German smōren]

ˈsmothery adj

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smoth•er

(ˈsmʌð ər)

v.t.

1. to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.

2. to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air.

3. to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms.

4. to suppress or repress: to smother one's grief.

5. to cook (food) slowly in a tightly covered pan with little liquid: smothered onions.

v.i.

6. to become stifled or suffocated; be prevented from breathing freely.

7. to be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.

n.

8. dense, stifling smoke.

9. a smoking or smoldering state, as of burning matter.

10. dust, fog, etc., in a dense or enveloping cloud.

11. an overspreading profusion of anything: a smother of papers.

[1125–75; Middle English smorther dense smoke; akin to Old English smorian to suffocate]

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smother

Past participle: smothered
Gerund: smothering

Imperative

smother

smother

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	smother - a confused multitude of things   clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, welter disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" rummage - a jumble of things to be given away
	2.	smother - a stifling cloud of smoke fume, smoke - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Verb	1.	smother - envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" surround cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	2.	smother - 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" asphyxiate, suffocate asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	3.	smother - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" muffle, stifle, strangle, repress conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
	4.	smother - form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake" spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
	5.	smother - deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" put out extinguish, snuff out - put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

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smother

verb

1. extinguish, put out, stifle, snuff They tried to smother the flames.

2. suffocate, choke, strangle, stifle He had attempted to smother his sixteen-week-old son.

3. suppress, stifle, repress, hide, conceal, muffle, keep back She tried to smother her feelings of panic.

4. overwhelm, cover, shower, surround, heap, shroud, inundate, envelop, cocoon He smothered her with kisses.

5. suppress, hold in, restrain, hold back, stifle, repress, muffle, bottle up, keep in check trying to smother our giggles

6. smear, cover, spread Luckily, it wasn't smothered in creamy sauce.

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smother

verb

1. To stop the breathing of:

asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate.

2. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:

burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.

Informal: sit on (or upon).

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Translations

يُخْمِديَخْنُق، يَخْتَنِقيَغْمُر

pokrýtudusituhasit

kvæleovervælde

ersticken

καταπνίγωπνίγομαιπνίγω

kyteätukahduttaatukahtuatukehduttaatukehtua

étouffer

kæfaòekja

soffocarefumo soffocantericoprire

dustigesinti

apbērtapdzēstnoslāpētnoslāptnosmacēt

prekritizadušiti

bastırmakboğ makboğmak

把火闷住淹没窒息笼罩覆盖

smother

[ˈsmʌðəʳ]

A. VT

1. (= stifle) [+ person] → ahogar, asfixiar; [+ fire] → apagar; [+ yawn, sob, laughter] → contener

2. (= cover) → cubrir
fruit smothered in cream → fruta f cubierta de crema
a book smothered in dust → un libro cubierto de polvo
the child was smothered in dirt → el niño estaba todo sucio
they smothered him with kisses → le colmaron or abrumaron de besos

B. VI (= asphyxiate) → asfixiarse, ahogarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

smother

[ˈsmʌðə^r] vt

(= suffocate) [+ person] → étouffer

(= put out) [+ flames, fire] → étouffer

(= repress) [+ feelings] → réprimer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

smother

vt

(= stifle) person, fire, weeds → ersticken; (fig) criticism, yawn, laughter → unterdrücken; to smother somebody with affection → jdn mit seiner Liebe erdrücken

(= cover) → bedecken, überschütten; fruit smothered in cream → Obst, das in Sahne schwimmt; smothered in dust → völlig eingestaubt; she smothered his face in kisses → sie bedeckte sein Gesicht mit Küssen, sie erstickte ihn fast mit ihren Küssen

vi → ersticken

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

smother

[ˈsmʌðəʳ] vt

a. (stifle) → soffocare

b. (cover) → ricoprire
to smother sb with kisses → ricoprire qn di baci
fruit smothered in cream → frutta ricoperta di panna

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

smother

(ˈsmaðə) verb

1. 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. versmoor يَخْنُق، يَخْتَنِق задушавам (се) sufocar udusit (se) ersticken kvæle πνίγω, πνίγομαι από έλλειψη αέρα asfixiar, ahogar lämmatama, lämbuma خفه كردن tukehtua étouffer לַחֲנוֹק गला घोटना ugušiti, udaviti se megfojt membekap kæfa soffocare, asfissiare 窒息させる 질식 시키다 dusinti, dusti nosmacēt; noslāpēt; nosmakt; noslāpt menekap stikkenkveledusić, dławić się تربتول، خپه كول، سابندول: مخه نيول، بندول: مروړل sufocar a sufoca душить; задохнуться zadusiť (sa) zadušiti (se) ugušiti kväva[s] ตายเพราะขาดอากาศหายใจ boğmak 窒息 душити; задихнутися سانس گھونٹنا làm nghẹt thở, bóp chết 窒息

2. to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly. He threw sand on the fire to smother it. smoor يُخْمِد потушавам abafar uhasit ersticken kvæle καλύπτω τις φλόγες sofocar, extinguir, apagar summutama روي چيزي را پوشاندن tukahduttaa étouffer לְהַחנִיק बुझाना zapretati (žeravicu, vatru) elolt memadamkan kæfa spegnere 消す (불을) 덮어 끄다 gesinti noslāpēt; apdzēst memadamkan versmorenkvele dławić, tłumić پوښول abafar a înăbuşi гасить, тушить zahasiť zadušiti prigušiti kväva ป้องกันการไหม้ boğmak, bastırmak (把火)悶住 гасити آگ کو ڈھاپ کر بڑھنے سے روکنا ủ, dập （把火）闷住

3. to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm. When he got home his children smothered him with kisses. oorweldig يَغْمُر обсипвам sufocar pokrýt ersticken overvælde πνίγω, κατακλύζωcubrir katma, üle külvama فرو خوردن peittää couvrir de לְכַסוֹת ב- ढकना, आच्छादित करना obasuti čime eláraszt menghujani þekja ricoprire; soffocare おおう (키스 등으로) 수도 못쓰게 하다 apipilti apbērt (ar skūpstiem u.tml.); pilnīgi pārņemt menghujani overdekkenoverøse, overveldezasypywać پټول، مچى كول sufocar a acoperi cu густо покрывать; осыпать pokryť obsuti z prekriti dränka, överösa ปกคลุม boğmak 覆蓋，籠罩，淹沒 густо вкривати; обгортати تحائف وغیرہ سے لاد دینا bao bọc, phủ đày 覆盖，笼罩，淹没

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smother

vt, vi asfixiar(se) (form), ahogar( se)

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