'Smother' definitions:
Definition of 'smother'
(from WordNet)
noun
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- asphyxiate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bake,
- bank the fire,
- be in heat,
- be killed,
- beat,
- black out,
- blanket,
- blaze,
- bloom,
- blow out,
- blunt,
- boil,
- bottle up,
- box,
- broil,
- burke,
- burn,
- case,
- censor,
- chasten,
- check,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- clobber,
- collect,
- combust,
- conceal,
- constrain,
- control,
- cook,
- cool,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cover,
- cover up,
- crack down on,
- crate,
- crush,
- damp,
- damp down,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- diminish,
- douse,
- downplay,
- drown,
- drub,
- dull,
- embox,
- embrace,
- encapsulate,
- encase,
- enfold,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- enwrap,
- extenuate,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- fry,
- gag,
- garrote,
- gasp,
- glow,
- hide,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- incandesce,
- inhibit,
- inundate,
- invest,
- jump on,
- keep back,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- keep within bounds,
- kill,
- lambaste,
- lap,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lick,
- lighten,
- mask,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- obtund,
- OD,
- out,
- overcome,
- overwhelm,
- pack,
- package,
- palliate,
- pant,
- parch,
- play down,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put out,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- radiate heat,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- rein,
- repress,
- restrain,
- roast,
- scald,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- sheathe,
- shellac,
- shimmer with heat,
- shower,
- shroud,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- simmer,
- simmer down,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slack,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smash,
- smear,
- smolder,
- snuff,
- snuff out,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- spark,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- starve,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- stop the breath,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- sublimate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- surround,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- tame,
- temper,
- thrash,
- throttle,
- toast,
- tone down,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- trim,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- weaken,
- wrap,
- wrap about,
- wrap up