SMOTHER
\smˈʌðə], \smˈʌðə], \s_m_ˈʌ_ð_ə]\
Definitions of SMOTHER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
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deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
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a stifling cloud of smoke
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envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
By Princeton University
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conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
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deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
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a stifling cloud of smoke
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envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
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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.
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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.
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To be suffocated or stifled.
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To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
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Stifling smoke; thick dust.
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A state of suppression.
By Oddity Software
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That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
By Noah Webster.
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To destroy the life of by depriving of air; stifle; suppress or conceal; as, to smother one's anger.
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To be suffocated or deprived of air.
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Stifling smoke or thick dust.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To suffocate by excluding the air: to conceal.
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To be suffocated or suppressed: to smoulder.
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Smoke: thick floating dust.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To extinguish life by causing smoke or dust to enter th lungs, or by depriving the lungs of air; to extinguish fire by excluding air; to suffocate; to choke; to be suffocated; to be suppressed or concealed.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
