Search Result:smother
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋsmʌðZ 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊsmʌðә 〕
Overview of noun smother
The noun smother has 2 senses
- clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother -- (a confused multitude of things)
- smother -- (a stifling cloud of smoke)
Overview of verb smother
The verb smother has 5 senses
- smother, surround -- (envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy")
- smother, asphyxiate, suffocate -- (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")
- smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")
- smother -- (form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake")
- smother, put out -- (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires")