verb · transitive · rare

smother

smoth·er

smother · smothers · smothered · smothering

задушити, душити

тушить, потушить, задушить, душить

ersticken, unterdrücken, dämpfen, abdecken

To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something…To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

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UK/ˈsmʌðə/US/ˈsməðər/

» Tom smothered his son with a pillow.

Meaning

12 senses

(transitive)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
(transitive)To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
to smother a fire with ashes
ersticken
туши́тьtušítʹ, потуши́тьpotušítʹ
(transitive)To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
The committee's report was smothered.
dämpfen, unterdrücken
(transitive)To cook in a close dish.
beefsteak smothered with onions
schmoren
тушитьtušitʹ, потушитьpotušitʹ
(transitive)To daub or smear.
abdecken, überziehen, bedecken
(intransitive)To be suffocated.
She is smothered by the rope.
задыха́тьсяzadyxátʹsja, задохну́тьсяzadoxnútʹsja
(intransitive)To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
задыха́тьсяzadyxátʹsja, задохну́тьсяzadoxnútʹsja
(intransitive)To burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
schwelen
тлетьtletʹ
(figuratively, intransitive)To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
ersticken
To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
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.
To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.

More definitions

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

Examples

41 sentences

Tom smothered his son with a pillow.
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In a rage, Tom smothered his son to death.
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Tom smothered Mary to death with a pillow while she was sleeping.
ruТом задушил Мэри подушкой, пока она спала.
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Tom smothered Mary.
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Tom smothered his daughter with kisses.
Фома вкрив доньку поцілунками.
ruТом зацеловал дочку.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to suffocate:

Русский

By meaning 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

By meaning 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:

Origin

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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