smothering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smothering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for smothering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smothering adj causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" Synonym(s): smothering, suffocating, suffocative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. 3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.