Present participle of smother 2 The potatoes were smothered in gravy. To kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot…
The meaning of smother is to kill by depriving of air I tried to smother [= stifle, suppress] a yawn How to use smother in a sentence.
Suffocating, suffocative breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love Definition of smother verb from the oxford advanced american dictionary
Smother something/somebody with/in something to cover something or someone thickly or with too much of something a rich dessert smothered in cream she smothered him with kisses. Smothering synonyms, smothering pronunciation, smothering translation, english dictionary definition of smothering Smoth·ered , smoth·er·ing , smoth·ers v To deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
