| VERB | contact | smother, surround | envelop completely |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | smother, asphyxiate, suffocate | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | |
| contact | smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress | conceal or hide | |
| stative | smother | form an impenetrable cover over | |
| contact | smother, put out | deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion | |
| NOUN | state | smother, clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter | a confused / confused multitude of things |
| phenomenon | smother | a stifling / stifling cloud of smoke |
| Sounds | smah'dher | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | altogether ... zither: 43 rhymes with dher... | |
| Meaning | A confused / confused multitude of things. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter | |
| Narrower | rummage | A jumble of things to be given away |
| Broader | disorderliness, disorder | A condition in which things are not in their expected places |
| Spanish | confusión, desorden, mezcolanza, revoltijo | |
| Catalan | barrejadissa, barrija-barreja, batibull, confusió, mescladissa | |
| Meaning | A stifling / stifling cloud of smoke. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | smoke, fume | A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas |
| Meaning | envelop completely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The wind storms smother the area with dust and dirt | |
| Example | "smother the meat in gravy" | |
| Synonym | surround | |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Spanish | cercar, circundar, rodear | |
| Catalan | circumdar, encerclar, envoltar, rodejar, voltar | |
| Meaning | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to smother the prisoners | |
| Example | "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" | |
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, suffocate | |
| Entails | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Similar to | suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate | Be asphyxiated |
| Spanish | asfixiar, sofocar | |
| Catalan | asfixiar | |
| Meaning | conceal or hide. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "smother a yawn" | |
| Synonyms | stifle, strangle, muffle, repress | |
| Broader | inhibit, bottle up, suppress | Control and refrain from showing |
| Spanish | amortiguar, reprimir | |
| Catalan | ofegar, reprimir, sufocar | |
| Nouns | smotherer | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |
| Meaning | form an impenetrable cover over. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Model | Dust and dirt smother the area | |
| Example | "the butter cream smothered the cake" | |
| Broader | cover, spread over | form a cover over |
| Meaning | deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "smother fires" | |
| Synonym | put out | |
| Entails | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Broader | snuff out, extinguish | put an end to |
| Spanish | ahogar, apagar, asfixiar, extinguir, sofocar | |
| Catalan | apagar | |
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