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English - English Dict (Wordnet)
 smother


Noun
  • a stifling cloud of smoke
  • a confused multitude of things

Verb
  • deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
    • smother fires
  • form an impenetrable cover over
    • the butter cream smothered the cake
  • conceal or hide
    • smother a yawn
    • muffle one's anger
    • strangle a yawn
  • 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
  • envelop completely
    • smother the meat in gravy
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