To kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot… The meaning of smother is to kill by depriving of air How to use smother in a sentence. Adjective causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat “the smothering soft voices” “ smothering heat” synonyms Suffocating, suffocative breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much
She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love Definition of smother verb from the oxford advanced american dictionary Smother something/somebody with/in something to cover something or someone thickly or with too much of something a rich dessert smothered in cream she smothered him with kisses. Smothering synonyms, smothering pronunciation, smothering translation, english dictionary definition of smothering Smoth·ered , smoth·er·ing , smoth·ers v To deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
I tried to smother [= stifle, suppress] a yawn The potatoes were smothered in gravy.
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