suffocate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suffocate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for suffocate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffocate v 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" Synonym(s): smother, asphyxiate, suffocate impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" Synonym(s): suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating --living at home with his aged parents in the small village" Synonym(s): suffocate, choke suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" Synonym(s): suffocate, choke be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" Synonym(s): suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating" struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" Synonym(s): gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suffocate \Suf"focate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffocating}.] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate* fire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suffocate \Suf"focate\, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. [bd]A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate* and strangle without passage.[b8] --collier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. {Faucal}.] Suffocated; choked. --Shak.