Adjective: smothering smú-dhu-ring- Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
"the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; - suffocating, suffocative, choking Verb: smother smú-dhu(r)- Envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"; - surround - Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; - asphyxiate, suffocate - Suppress in order to conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; - stifle, strangle, muffle, repress - Form an impenetrable cover over
"the butter cream smothered the cake" - Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
"smother fires"; - put out
See also: breathless, dyspeic, dyspneal [N. Amer], dyspneic [Brit, N. Amer], dyspnoeal [Brit, Cdn], dyspnoeic [Brit, Cdn], dyspoeic, put Type of: bottle up, cover, extinguish, inhibit, kill, snuff out [informal], spread over, suppress Encyclopedia: Smothering Smother |