smother /smudhˈər/

1. To suffocate by excluding the air, esp by a thick covering
2. To stifle (lit and figurative)
3. To envelop closely
4. To cover up thickly
5. To suppress
6. To conceal

1. To be suffocated or suppressed
2. To smoulder

1. Smoke
2. Thick floating dust
3. A smouldering fire or condition
4. A welter
5. Suffocation

smothˈered adjective

smothˈerer noun

smothˈeriness noun

smothˈering noun and adjective

smothˈeringly adverb

smothˈery adjective

1. Tending to smother
2. Stifling

smothered mate or smother mate noun

In chess, checkmate by a knight, the king having been prevented from moving by the positions of his own forces

smotherˈ-fly noun

An aphis

• stroam
• stroamed
• stroaming
• stroams
• strobe
• strobed
• strobes
• strobic
• strobila
• strobilaceous
• strobilae
• strobilate
• strobilated
• strobilates
• strobilating
• strobilation
• strobilations
• strobile
• strobiles
• strobili
• strobiliform
• strobiline
• strobilisation
• strobilisations
• strobilization