Smother : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Smother	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Smother
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smother n a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother] a stifling cloud of smoke v envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn: smother, surround] 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 conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" Synonym(s): smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake" deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" Synonym(s): smother, put out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smother \Smoth"er\, n. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smother \Smoth"er\, v. i. 1. To be suffocated or stifled. 2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See {Smother}, v. t.] 1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak. 2. A state of suppression. [Obs.] Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon. {Smother fly} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid.
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.