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41smother — v 1. stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate, choke to death; strangle, burke, garrotte, throttle, Sl. scrag. 2. extinguish, damp, dampen, deaden, put out, snuff out, stamp out. 3. muffle, dull, soften, tone down; mute, silence, still hush, quiet. 4.… …
42smother — smoth·er …
43smother — [ˈsmʌðə] verb [T] 1) to cover something completely 2) to kill someone by covering their face until they stop breathing 3) to stop a fire burning by covering it 4) to try not to express a feeling 5) to express your love for someone too much …
44smother — Umi; po ipo i (cover); pa a ka hanu …
45smother — v. & n. v. 1 tr. suffocate; stifle; kill by stopping the breath of or excluding air from. 2 tr. (foll. by with) overwhelm with (kisses, gifts, kindness, etc.) (smothered with affection). 3 tr. (foll. by in, with) cover entirely in or with… …
46smother tackle — /ˈsmʌðə tækəl/ (say smudhuh takuhl) noun a tackle in which the player holding the ball is enveloped by an opponent so that he or she cannot pass the ball …
47smother crop — noun : a crop (as buckwheat, soybeans) sown for the purpose of suppressing persistent weeds …
48smother fire — noun : a smoldering fire …
49smother fly — noun Britain : aphid …
50smother-kiln — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a kiln in which pottery is blackened by admitting smoke in firing …
