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smothers
We have found lemma(root) word of smothers : smother.
Definitions
[ˈsmʌðə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
(e.g: I dreamed a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow)
- make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective or possessive manner towards them
(e.g: we smothered each other, and it was just not very healthy at all)
- extinguish (a fire) by covering it
(e.g: use a fire blanket to smother a chip-pan fire)
- cover someone or something entirely with
(e.g: rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘stifling smoke’): from the base of Old English smorian ‘suffocate’
[ˈsmʌðə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a mass of something that stifles or obscures
(e.g: all this vanished in a smother of foam)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘stifling smoke’): from the base of Old English smorian ‘suffocate’
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