Значение

значений: 12
  1. (переходный)To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

    He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.

    ersticken

    души́тьdušítʹ, задуши́тьzadušítʹ

    души́тиdušýty, задуши́тиzadušýty

  2. (переходный)To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.

    to smother a fire with ashes

    ersticken

    туши́тьtušítʹ, потуши́тьpotušítʹ

  3. (переходный)To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish

    The committee's report was smothered.

    dämpfen, unterdrücken

  4. (переходный)To cook in a close dish.

    beefsteak smothered with onions

    schmoren

    тушитьtušitʹ, потушитьpotušitʹ

  5. (переходный)To daub or smear.

    abdecken, überziehen, bedecken

  6. (непереходный)To be suffocated.

    She is smothered by the rope.

    задыха́тьсяzadyxátʹsja, задохну́тьсяzadoxnútʹsja

  7. (непереходный)To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.

    задыха́тьсяzadyxátʹsja, задохну́тьсяzadoxnútʹsja

  8. (непереходный)To burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.

    schwelen

    тлетьtletʹ

  9. (переносно, непереходный)To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.

    ersticken

  10. To get in the way of a kick of the ball.

  11. To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.

  12. To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.

Ещё определения
  • suppress in order to conceal or hide
  • envelop completely
  • deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
  • deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

Примеры

предложений: 41
  1. Tom smothered Mary to death with a pillow while she was sleeping.

    Том задушил Мэри подушкой, пока она спала. — whatnot

  2. Tom smothered his son with a pillow.

  3. In a rage, Tom smothered his son to death.

  4. Tom smothered Mary.

  5. Tom smothered his daughter with kisses.

    Том зацеловал дочку. — Ooneykcall

    ukФома вкрив доньку поцілунками. — shanghainese

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
to suffocate:
Русский
По значениям 5
to suffocate:
to extinguish or deaden:
to cook in a close dish:
to be suffocated:
to burn very slowly for want of air:
Deutsch
По значениям 5
to suffocate:
to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity:
to cook in a close dish:
to daub or smear:
to burn very slowly for want of air:

Происхождение

From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffoca

From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”, noun)) of Middle English smoren (“to smother”), from Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”), from Proto-West Germanic *smorōn, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).

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Формы

smothers, smothering, smothered, smothered
Базовая формаsmother · to smother
3-е лицо ед. числаsmothers
Причастие настоящего времениsmothering
Прошедшее времяsmothered
Причастие прошедшего времениsmothered

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theysmother
he, she, itsmothers

Past simpleУрок

все лицаsmothered

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave smothered
he, she, ithas smothered

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill smother

Синонимы

синонимов: 12
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Антонимы

антонимов: 2

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 12

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