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View usage for: (smʌðəʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense smothers, present participle smothering, past tense, past participle smothered1. verbIf you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames. [VERB noun] 2. verbTo smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe. A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital. [VERB noun] Synonyms: suffocate, choke, strangle, stifle More Synonyms of smother 3. verbThings that smother something cover it completely. Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them. [VERB noun] smothered adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, usu ADJ in/with n] ...a hundred-year-old red-bricked house almost smothered in ivy. Make sure that your meal won't be smothered with white sauce. 4. verbIf you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much. She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love. [VERB noun] 5. verbIf you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity. [VERB noun] ...smothered giggles. [VERB-ed] 6. verbIf an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the Occupation. [be VERB-ed] The wrong structure aborts results and smothers even the best-directed efforts. [VERB noun] More Synonyms of smother smother in British English (ˈsmʌðə) verb1. to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air 2. (transitive) to surround (with) or envelop (in) he smothered her with love 3. (transitive) 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. (transitive) to cook or serve (food) thickly covered with sauce, etc noun6. anything, such as a cloud of smoke, that stifles 7. a profusion or turmoil 8. archaic a state of smouldering or a smouldering fire Derived forms smothery (ˈsmothery) adjective Word origin Old English smorian to suffocate; related to Middle Low German smōrensmother in American English (ˈsmʌðər) verb transitive1. a. to keep from getting enough air to breathe; stifle b. to kill in this way; suffocate 2. to cover (a fire), excluding air from it and causing it to smolder or die down 3. to cover over thickly liver smothered in onions 4. to hide or suppress by or as by covering; stifle to smother a yawn verb intransitive5. a. to be kept from getting enough air to breathe b. to die in this way; be suffocated 6. to be hidden, stifled, or suppressed noun7. dense, suffocating smoke or any thick cloud of dust, steam, fog, etc. 8. a confused turmoil; welter 9. Archaic a smoldering fire 10. Archaic a smoldering state or condition Derived forms smotherer (ˈsmotherer) noun smothery (ˈsmothery) adjective Word origin ME smorthren < smorther, dense smoke < base of OE smorian, to suffocate, akin to MLowG smoren, to smoke < var. of IE base * smel- > smell Examples of 'smother' in a sentencesmother In other languagessmother British English: smother VERB If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. They tried to smother the flames. - American English: smother
- Brazilian Portuguese: abafar
- Chinese: 把 > 闷熄 火
- European Spanish: sofocar
- French: étouffer
- German: ersticken
- Italian: soffocare
- Japanese: 消す
- Korean: > 덮어 끄다불을
- European Portuguese: abafar
- Latin American Spanish: sofocar
Chinese translation of 'smother' vt - [fire, flames]
把 ... 闷(悶)熄 (bǎ ... mēnxī) - (= suffocate) [person]
使窒息 (shǐ zhìxī) - (= over-protect) [person]
溺爱(愛) (nì'ài) - (= repress) [emotions]
抑制 (yìzhì) to smother sth/sb with sth (= cover) 用某物将(將)某物/某人覆盖(蓋) (yòng mǒuwù jiāng mǒuwù/mǒurén fùgài) smothered with or in sth 以或被某物覆盖(蓋) (yǐ huò bèi mǒuwù fùgài)
Definition to extinguish (a fire) by covering so as to cut it off from the air They tried to smother the flames. Definition to suffocate They worried he'd be smothered by his pillow. Definition to suppress or stifle She tried to smother her feelings of panic. Definition to surround or overwhelm (with) smother with love Definition to suppress or stifle trying to smother our giggles Synonyms stifle suppress hold in hold back muffle bottle up keep in check Definition to cover over thickly Luckily, it wasn't smothered in creamy sauce. Additional synonymsDefinition to have trouble in breathing, swallowing, or speaking Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its fumes choking her. Synonyms suffocate, stifle, smother, overpower, asphyxiateDefinition to wrap in or protect as if in a cocoon She lay on the sofa, cocooned in blankets. Synonyms wrap, swathe, envelop, swaddle, padDefinition to keep secret Robert could not conceal his relief. Synonyms keep secret, hide, disguise, mask, suppress, veil, dissemble, draw a veil over, keep dark, keep under your hat Additional synonymsDefinition to put a garment on He covered his head with a turban. Synonyms clothe, invest, dress, wrap, envelopDefinition to extend over or lie thickly on the surface of She was soaking wet and covered with mud. Synonyms coat, cake, plaster, smear, envelop, spread, encase, daub, overspread Definition to cover, surround, or enclose the thick black cloud of smoke that enveloped the area Synonyms enclose, cover, hide, surround, wrap around, embrace, blanket, conceal, obscure, veil, encompass, engulf, cloak, shroud, swathe, encircle, encase, swaddle, sheathe, enfold, enwrap Definition to keep (information or one's feelings) secret I have absolutely nothing to hide, I have done nothing wrong. Synonyms keep secret, suppress, withhold, keep quiet about, hush up, draw a veil over, keep dark, keep under your hat Definition to overwhelm, as if with a flood Her office was inundated with requests for tickets. Synonyms overwhelm, flood, swamp, engulf, overflow, overrun, glutDefinition to censor or restrict I held a handkerchief over my mouth to muffle my voice. Synonyms deaden, suppress, gag, stifle, silence, dull, soften, hush, muzzle, quietenI couldn't repress a sigh of admiration. Synonyms hold back, suppress, stifle, smother, silence, swallow, muffleDefinition to keep (feelings) under control People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares. Synonyms control, suppress, hold back, bottle up, check, master, hold in, overcome, curb, restrain, inhibit, overpower, keep in check Definition to limit or restrict She was unable to restrain her desperate anger. Synonyms control, keep in, limit, govern, suppress, inhibit, repress, muzzle, keep under control Definition to present (someone) with things liberally She showered gifts on us.She was showered with emeralds and sapphires. Synonyms inundate, load, heap, lavish, pour, delugeAdditional synonymsDefinition to hide or obscure (something) Mist shrouded the outline of the palace. Synonyms conceal, cover, screen, hide, surround, blanket, veil, cloak, swathe, envelopSpread the bread with the cream cheese. Synonyms coat, cover, butter, smear, smotherDefinition to kill (someone) by pressing his or her windpipe He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps. Synonyms throttle, choke, asphyxiate, garrotte, strangulate, smother, suffocateDefinition to encircle or enclose (something or someone) The church was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence. Synonyms enclose, ring, encircle, encompass, envelop, close in on, fence in, girdle, hem in, environ, enwreath |