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smothered


  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]: 
 
  smothered 
  adj  1:  held  in  check  with  difficulty;  "a  smothered  cough";  "a 
  stifled  yawn";  "a  strangled  scream";  "suppressed 
  laughter"  [syn:  {stifled},  {strangled},  {suppressed}] 
  2:  completely  covered;  "bonnets  smothered  with  flowers"; 
  "smothered  chicken  is  chicken  cooked  in  a  seasoned  gravy" 




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