Dictionary Entry
smother
smother is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
- 4intransitive verb
To be suffocated or stifled.
- 5intransitive verb
To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
- 6transitive verb
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
- 7transitive verb
A state of suppression.
- 8noun
a stifling cloud of smoke
- 9noun
a confused multitude of things
- 10verb
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
- 11verb
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
Synonyms
- 12verb
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
"smother fires"
- 13verb
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"
Synonyms
- 14verb
form an impenetrable cover over
"the butter cream smothered the cake"
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