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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024smoth•er /ˈsmʌðɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to suffocate, as by smoke or lack of air: [~ + object]He was smothered by the smoke.[no object]He'll smother under those blankets.
- to extinguish or deaden (fire, etc.) by covering:[~ + object]to smother the fire with blankets.
- to cover closely or thickly:[~ + object]to smother a steak with mushrooms.
- to hold back;
suppress or repress:[~ + object]to smother one's grief.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024smoth•er (smuᵺ′ər),USA pronunciation v.t. - to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air.
- to cover closely or thickly;
envelop:to smother a steak with mushrooms. - to suppress or repress:to smother feelings.
- [Cookery.]to steam (food) slowly in a heavy, tightly closed vessel with a minimum of liquid:smothered chicken and onions.
v.i. - to become stifled or suffocated;
be prevented from breathing. - to be stifled;
be suppressed or concealed.
n. - dense, stifling smoke.
- a smoking or smoldering state, as of burning matter.
- dust, fog, spray, etc., in a dense or enveloping cloud.
- an overspreading profusion of anything:a smother of papers.
- 1125–75; (noun, nominal) Middle English smorther dense smoke; akin to Old English smorian to suffocate; (verb, verbal) Middle English smo(r)theren, derivative of the noun, nominal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: smother /ˈsmʌðə/ vb - to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air
- (transitive) to surround (with) or envelop (in): he smothered her with love
- (transitive) to extinguish (a fire) by covering so as to cut it off from the air
- to be or cause to be suppressed or stifled: smother a giggle
- (transitive) to cook or serve (food) thickly covered with sauce, etc
n - anything, such as a cloud of smoke, that stifles
- a profusion or turmoil
Etymology: Old English smorian to suffocate; related to Middle Low German smōrenˈsmothery adj |