English to English
noun
- a confused multitude of things
source: WordNet 3.0
- a stifling cloud of smoke
source: WordNet 3.0
- Stifling smoke; thick dust.
source: Webster 1913
- That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- envelop completely
Smother the meat in gravy.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- conceal or hide
Smother a yawn.
Muffle one's anger.
Strangle a yawn.
source: WordNet 3.0
- form an impenetrable cover over
The butter cream smothered the cake.
source: WordNet 3.0
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Smother fires.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To be suffocated or stifled.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [smódzer] Uminis; inisín
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
