Smother - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsmʌðər|
Brit.
|ˈsmʌðə|
noun
- a confused multitude of things (syn: clutter, fuddle, jumble, muddle, welter)
- a stifling cloud of smoke
- 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 overthe 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
I/you/we/they: smother
he/she/it: smothers
present participle: smothering
past tense: smothered
past participle: smothered
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