To smother is to overwhelm or suffocate. If you've ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend who calls you twenty five times an hour to check up on you, then you know what it means to be smothered by someone.
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;
Noun
a stifling cloud of smoke
Noun
a confused multitude of things
Verb
conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one''s anger"; "strangle a yawn"
Verb
envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
Verb
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
Verb
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"
Verb
form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
v. i.
To be suffocated or stifled.
v. i.
To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
v. t.
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
v. t.
A state of suppression.
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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;
To be suffocated or stifled.
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
Usage Examples
Americans want and deserve a broad array of health insurance choices so they can identify those that best fit their own individual or family needs. These choices expand when we allow free enterprise to foster innovation, not smother it with taxes and one-size fits all ideology.
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Other Usage ExamplesMake the most of your regrets never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
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