smother

smoth·er  (smr)

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

Verb

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

2. to suffocate

3. to surround or overwhelm (with): she smothered him with her idea of affection

4. to suppress or stifle: he smothered an ironic chuckle

5. to cover over thickly: ice cream smothered with sauce [Old English smorian to suffocate]

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

verb 2. suffocate, choke, strangle, stifle

verb 3. suppress, stifle, repress, hide, conceal, muffle, keep back

verb 4. overwhelm, cover, shower, surround, heap, shroud, inundate, envelop, cocoon

verb 5. stifle, suppress, hold in, restrain, hold back, repress, muffle, bottle up, keep in check

verb 6. smear, cover, spread

Translations

smother [ˈsmʌðəʳ] vt → sofocar (= repress); contener

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smother [ˈsmʌðəʳ] vt → étouffer

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smother [ˈsmʌðəʳ] vt (fire, person) → ersticken;

(repress) → unterdrücken

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smother [ˈsmʌðəʳ] vt → soffocare

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smother

v smother [ˈsmaðə]

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) udusit (se) kvæle ersticken πνίγω, πνίγομαι από έλλειψη αέρα asfixiar, ahogar lämmatama, lämbuma خفه كردن tukehduttaa, tukehtua étouffer לַחֲנוֹק गला घोटना ugušiti, udaviti se megfojt membekap kæfa soffocare, asfissiare 窒息させる 질식시키다; 질식하다 dusinti, dusti nosmacēt; noslāpēt; nosmakt; noslāpt menekap (doen) stikken kvele(s) dusić (się), dławić się sufocar a sufoca (за)душить; задохнуться zadusiť (sa) zadušiti (se) ugušiti kväva[] ปิดหน้าทำให้หายใจไม่ออก boğ(ul)mak 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 uhasit kvæle ersticken 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 씌워서 끄다 gesinti noslāpēt; apdzēst memadamkan versmoren kvele dławić, tłumić 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 pokrýt overvælde ersticken πνίγω (μτφ.), κατακλύζω cubrir katma, üle külvama فرو خوردن hukuttaa couvrir de לְכַסוֹת ב- ढकना, आच्छादित करना obasuti čime eláraszt menghujani þekja ricoprire; soffocare おおう ...을 완전히 덮다; (키스 등을) 퍼붓다 apipilti apbērt (ar skūpstiem u.tml.); pilnīgi pārņemt menghujani overdekken overøse, overvelde zasypywać 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