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Verb: smother smúdhu(r)- Envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
- surround - Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
- asphyxiate, suffocate - Conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"
- stifle, strangle, muffle, repress - Form an impenetrable cover over
"the butter cream smothered the cake" - Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
"smother fires"
- put out
Noun: smother smúdhu(r)- A confused multitude of things
- clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter - A stifling cloud of smoke
Derived forms: smothered, smothers, smothering See also: smotherer Type of: conquer, cover, curb, disorder, disorderliness, extinguish, fume, inhibit, kill, smoke, snuff out, spread over, stamp down, subdue, suppress Encyclopedia: Smother |