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- Dictionarysmoth·er/ˈsməT͟Hər/
verb
- 1. kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate. Similar
noun
- 1. a mass of something that stifles or obscures: "all this vanished in a smother of foam"
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1. a. : to kill by depriving of air. b. : to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen. c. : to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air. 2. a. : to suppress expression or knowledge of. smothered his rage. b. : to stop or prevent the growth or activity of. smother a child with too much care. also : overwhelm. c.
to kill something by covering it and preventing it from receiving the substances and conditions it needs for life: Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms. figurative I tried desperately to smother a sneeze (= I tried not to sneeze) during his speech. to stop a fire from burning by covering it with something that prevents air from reaching it:
verb (used with object) to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing. to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air. to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms. to suppress or repress: to smother feelings. Cooking.
The word smother literally means to deprive of oxygen, so it can be used to refer to someone who gets suffocated by a pillow. In everyday conversation, the word is often used to refer to the act of making someone feel like they’re being deprived of oxygen or personal space.
To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.
Definition of smother verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
smother. ( ˈsmʌðə) vb. 1. to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air. 2. ( tr) to surround (with) or envelop (in): he smothered her with love. 3. ( tr) to extinguish (a fire) by covering so as to cut it off from the air. 4. to be or cause to be suppressed or stifled: smother a giggle. 5.
SMOTHER definition: 1. to kill someone by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe 2. to give…. Learn more.
To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.
From Middle English smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke" ), from Old English *smorþor (“smoke" , literally “that which suffocates" ), from smorian (“to suffocate, choke" ) + -þor (instrumental suffix).
