smother
/ˈsməðər/ verb C1- To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone. · He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.
- To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air. · to smother a fire with ashes
- To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish · The committee's report was smothered.
- To cook in a close dish. · beefsteak smothered with onions
- To daub or smear.
- To be suffocated. · She is smothered by the rope.
- To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
He/she/it smothers · Past smothered · Past participle smothered · -ing form smothering
Verb forms
- Base form
- smother
- He/she/it
- smothers
- Past
- smothered
- Past participle
- smothered
- -ing form
- smothering
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No; my pride is to see the accused pale, agitated, and as though beaten out of all composure by the fire of my eloquence.” Renée uttered a smothered exclamation.
It happened once that the young one which was caressed and loved was smothered by the too great affection of the Mother, while the despised one was nurtured and reared in spite of the neglect to which it was exposed.
Marilla smothered a smile under the conviction that Anne must be reproved for such a speech.
Even Baloo, half smothered under the monkeys on the edge of the terrace, could not help chuckling as he heard the Black Panther asking for help.
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