Smother
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:12 pts7 letters
Definition of Smother
Verb
- To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
"He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth."
- To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
"to smother a fire with ashes"
- To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
"The committee's report was smothered."
- To cook in a close dish.
"beefsteak smothered with onions"
- To daub or smear.
Noun
- That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly Smoldering; slow combustion. Cookware used in such cooking. The state of being stifled; suppression. Stifling smoke; thick dust. The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
- Smoldering; slow combustion.
- Cookware used in such cooking.
- The state of being stifled; suppression.
- Stifling smoke; thick dust.
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