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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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"  [syn:  {choking}, 
  {suffocating},  {suffocative}] 




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