Smother (Verb)
Meaning 1
Envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 3
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 5
Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.