ENGLISH: smother - CREOLE: toufe



Overview of noun smother



The noun smother has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother -- (a confused multitude of things)

2. smother -- (a stifling cloud of smoke)



Overview of verb smother



The verb smother has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (2) smother, surround -- (envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy")

2. (1) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate -- (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor")

3. (1) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")

4. smother -- (form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake")

5. smother, put out -- (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires")

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