Smother - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsmʌðər|  American pronunciation of the word smother
Brit.  |ˈsmʌðə|  British pronunciation of the word smother

noun

- a confused multitude of things (syn: clutter, fuddle, jumble, muddle, welter)
- a stifling cloud of smoke

verb

- envelop completely (syn: surround)
smother the meat in gravy
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (syn: asphyxiate, suffocate)
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- suppress in order to conceal or hide (syn: muffle, repress, stifle, strangle)
smother a yawn
- form an impenetrable cover over
the butter cream smothered the cake
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion (syn: put out)
smother fires

Extra examples

He tried to smother her with a pillow.

She smothered the fire with a blanket.

She smothered the child in / with kisses as soon as they met.

The miners were soon smothered in coal dust.

The smother of roses along the river fronts.

Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: smother
he/she/it: smothers
present participle: smothering
past tense: smothered
past participle: smothered
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