smother
31smother someone/thing in/with — cover someone or something entirely with. → smother …
32smother — Synonyms and related words: OD, abate, allay, alleviate, asphyxiate, assuage, attemper, bake, bank the fire, be in heat, be killed, beat, black out, blanket, blaze, bloom, blow out, blunt, boil, bottle up, box, broil, burke, burn, case, censor,… …
33Smother — 1. stand so as to conceal a crime taking place; 2. criminal s accomplice who does this; 3. such a concealment …
34smother — Australian Slang 1. stand so as to conceal a crime taking place; 2. criminal s accomplice who does this; 3. such a concealment …
35smother — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. suffocate, stifle; suppress, repress; extinguish, deaden. See killing, restraint, death. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stifle, suffocate, suppress; see choke 1 , 2 , extinguish 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
36smother — sb. == smoke, fumes. Body and Soul, 218. AS. smorian …
37smother — smoth·er || smʌðə(r) n. something which smothers, something which suffocates, something which deprives of oxygen (i.e. thick smoke, cloud of dust, etc.); something which obscures or hides v. suffocate, kill by depriving of oxygen; extinguish …
38smother — 1) thermos 2) mothers …
39smother — (of a male) to copulate It alludes to his attitude on the female: I ve smothered in too many hall bedrooms. (Chandler, 1939) The meaning, to kill by suffocating, is standard English …
40smother — I. v. a. 1. Stifle, suffocate, choke. 2. Suppress, repress, conceal, stifle, extinguish, hide, keep back, keep down. II. v. n. 1. Smoulder. 2. Be stifled, suffocate. 3. Be suppressed, be concealed …
