smother

smoth·er

S0502200 (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.]

smother

(ˈsmʌðə) vb1. to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air2. (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 air4. to be or cause to be suppressed or stifled: smother a giggle. 5. (Cookery) (tr) to cook or serve (food) thickly covered with sauce, etcn6. anything, such as a cloud of smoke, that stifles7. a profusion or turmoil8. archaic a state of smouldering or a smouldering fire[Old English smorian to suffocate; related to Middle Low German smōren] ˈsmothery adj

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]

smother

Past participle: smothered
Gerund: smothering

Imperative
smother
smother

Present
I smother
you smother
he/she/it smothers
we smother
you smother
they smother

Preterite
I smothered
you smothered
he/she/it smothered
we smothered
you smothered
they smothered

Present Continuous
I am smothering
you are smothering
he/she/it is smothering
we are smothering
you are smothering
they are smothering

Present Perfect
I have smothered
you have smothered
he/she/it has smothered
we have smothered
you have smothered
they have smothered

Past Continuous
I was smothering
you were smothering
he/she/it was smothering
we were smothering
you were smothering
they were smothering

Past Perfect
I had smothered
you had smothered
he/she/it had smothered
we had smothered
you had smothered
they had smothered

Future
I will smother
you will smother
he/she/it will smother
we will smother
you will smother
they will smother

Future Perfect
I will have smothered
you will have smothered
he/she/it will have smothered
we will have smothered
you will have smothered
they will have smothered

Future Continuous
I will be smothering
you will be smothering
he/she/it will be smothering
we will be smothering
you will be smothering
they will be smothering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been smothering
you have been smothering
he/she/it has been smothering
we have been smothering
you have been smothering
they have been smothering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been smothering
you will have been smothering
he/she/it will have been smothering
we will have been smothering
you will have been smothering
they will have been smothering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been smothering
you had been smothering
he/she/it had been smothering
we had been smothering
you had been smothering
they had been smothering

Conditional
I would smother
you would smother
he/she/it would smother
we would smother
you would smother
they would smother

Past Conditional
I would have smothered
you would have smothered
he/she/it would have smothered
we would have smothered
you would have smothered
they would have smothered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	smother - a confused multitude of things clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, welterdisorderliness, 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 smokefume, smoke - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Verb	1.	smother - envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"surroundcover - 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, suffocateasphyxiate, 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, repressconquer, 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 outextinguish, snuff out - put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

smother

verb1. 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 giggles6. smear, cover, spread Luckily, it wasn't smothered in creamy sauce.

smother

verb1. 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).

Translations

把火闷住淹没窒息笼罩覆盖

smother

(ˈsmaðə) verb1. 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. 窒息 窒息2. to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly. He threw sand on the fire to smother it. (把火)悶住 （把火）闷住 3. to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm. When he got home his children smothered him with kisses. 覆蓋，籠罩，淹沒 覆盖，笼罩，淹没