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smother

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  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.  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  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["o]l.),  an  aphid. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smother 
  n  1:  a  confused  multitude  of  things  [syn:  {clutter},  {jumble},  {muddle}, 
  {mare's  nest},  {welter}] 
  2:  a  stifling  cloud  of  smoke 
  v  1:  envelop  completely;  "smother  the  meat  in  gravy"  [syn:  {surround}] 
  2:  suffocate;  "Othello  smothered  Desdemona  with  a  pillow"  [syn: 
  {asphyxiate},  {suffocate}] 
  3:  conceal,  suppress,  or  hide;  "smother  a  yawn"  [syn:  {stifle}, 
  {muffle}] 
  4:  form  an  impenetrable  cover  over  "the  butter  cream  smothered 
  the  cake" 
  5:  deprive  of  the  oxygen  necessary  for  combustion;  "smother 
  fires"  [syn:  {put  out}]




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