verb : SMOTHERING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" ;
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2. (
) 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" ;
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3. (
) suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear" ;
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4. (
) form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake" ;
Adjective : SMOTHERING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating;
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