smother
Meaning of smother
- kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.
I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow
- extinguish (a fire) by covering it.
use a fire blanket to smother a chip-pan fire
- cover someone or something entirely with.
rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream
- a mass of something that stifles or obscures.
all this vanished in a smother of foam
Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘stifling smoke’): from the base of Old English smorian ‘suffocate’.
Information about smother
- The plural form of smother is: smothers.
- Languages in which smother is used:
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Hyphenation of smother
smother
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- smother is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
smother synonyms
Meaning clutter:
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, welter
Meaning surround:
Meaning asphyxiate:
Meaning stifle:
stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Meaning cause (a person or animal) to choke:
Meaning attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them:
Meaning strangle; throttle:
Meaning cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine:
Meaning make less strong or intense:
Meaning extinguish (a fire or light):
Meaning spread (a greasy or sticky substance) over something:
Meaning carelessly coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance:
Meaning smear or daub with a sticky substance:
Meaning cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning smear or cover with a greasy or sticky substance:
Anagrams of smother
Mothers, mothers, Thermos, thermos
Words that rhyme with smother
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