 smother |
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| 1. | [ verb ] envelop completely | |
| Synonyms: | surround | |
| Examples: | "smother the meat in gravy" |
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| Related terms: | cover | |
| 2. | [ verb ] deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | |
| Synonyms: | suffocate asphyxiate | |
| Examples: | "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" |
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| Related terms: | kill suffocate suffocation asphyxia cover | |
| 3. | [ verb ] quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible | |
| Synonyms: | stifle deaden strangle damp muffle tone_down repress mute dampen | |
| Related terms: | suppress hush smotherer | |
| 4. | [ verb ] conceal, suppress, or hide | |
| Synonyms: | muffle stifle | |
| Examples: | "smother a yawn" |
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| Related terms: | suppress | |
| 5. | [ verb ] deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion | |
| Synonyms: | put_out | |
| Examples: | "smother fires" |
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| Related terms: | snuff_out cover | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a confused multitude of things | |
| Synonyms: | jumble welter muddle mare's_nest clutter | |
| Related terms: | disorderliness rummage jumble addle clutter | |
| 7. | [ verb ] form an impenetrable cover over | |
| Examples: | "the butter cream smothered the cake" |
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| Related terms: | cover | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a stifling cloud of smoke | |
| Related terms: | smoke | |
| Similar spelling: |
Smothers smoother smotherer smothered Smither Smotherman smothering Smithers Smathers smatter Smitherman smattering |
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