Smother
Definition of Smother
Smoth´er | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure. | | v. i. | 1. | To be suffocated or stifled. | | 2. | To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder. | | n. | 1. | Stifling smoke; thick dust. | | 2. | A state of suppression. | | 3. | That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things. |
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