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- Smother - 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.
- Smother - 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.
- Smother - v. t. - Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
- Smother - v. i. - To be suffocated or stifled.
- Smother - v. i. - To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
- Smother - v. t. - Stifling smoke; thick dust.
- Smother - v. t. - A state of suppression.
- Smothered - imp. & p. p. - of Smother
- Smotheriness - n. - The quality or state of being smothery.
- Smothering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Smother
- Smotheringly - adv. - In a smothering manner.
- Smothery - a. - Tending to smother; stifling.
- Smother - v. t. - Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
- Overlay - v. t. - To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
- Smudge - v. t. - To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
- Smother - 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.
- Smother - 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.