'Smother' definitions:

Definition of 'smother'

From: WordNet
noun
A confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
noun
A stifling cloud of smoke
verb
Envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn: smother, surround]
verb
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" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate]
verb
Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress]
verb
Form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
verb
Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" [syn: smother, put out]

Definition of 'Smother'

From: GCIDE
  • Smother \Smoth"er\, v. i.
  • 1. To be suffocated or stifled. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smother'

From: GCIDE
  • Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
  • 1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A state of suppression. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
  • Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm. --The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Smother fly (Zool.), an aphid. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smother'

From: GCIDE
  • Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
  • 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'smother'

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