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to kill something by covering it and preventing it from receiving the substances and conditions it needs for life: Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms. figurative I tried desperately to smother a sneeze (= I tried not to sneeze) during his speech. to stop a fire from burning by covering it with something that prevents air from reaching it:
v. smoth·ered, smoth·er·ing, smoth·ers. v.tr. 1. a. To suffocate (another). b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion. 2. To conceal, suppress, or hide: Management smothered the true facts of the case.
1. a. : to kill by depriving of air. b. : to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen. c. : to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air. 2. a. : to suppress expression or knowledge of. smothered his rage. b. : to stop or prevent the growth or activity of. smother a child with too much care. also: overwhelm.
to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air. 2.(transitive) to surround (with) or envelop (in) he smothered her with love. 3.(transitive) to extinguish (a fire) by covering so as to cut it off from the air. 4. to be or cause to be suppressed or stifled. smother a giggle.
1. to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing. 2. to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air. 3. to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms. 4. to suppress or repress: to smother one's grief.
verb (used with object) 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. Cooking.
Definition of smother verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
