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to smother
01
to cover someone or something completely
Transitive: to smother sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
smother
3rd person singular
smothers
Present participle
smothering
Past simple
smothered
Past participle
smothered
Examples
The flowers were smothered by the heavy snow, hiding them from view.
02
to stop someone or something from breathing by covering or blocking the air
Transitive: to smother sb
Examples
The mother gently placed a blanket over the sleeping baby, being careful not to smother him.
03
to stop or prevent a feeling or action from being expressed or shown
Transitive: to smother a feeling or action
Examples
He tried to smother his anger, but it kept bubbling up.
04
to extinguish a fire by suffocating it, typically by covering it to cut off its oxygen supply
Transitive: to smother a fire
Examples
He used a blanket to smother the small fire in the kitchen.
05
to overwhelm or restrict someone so much that they feel suffocated or unable to act freely
Transitive: to smother sb
Examples
Her overprotective parents smother her with constant check-ins and restrictions, making her feel trapped.
Smother
01
a stifling cloud of smoke
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
smothers
02
a confused multitude of things
Lexical Tree
smothered
smothering
smother
