| Smother: English to English |
| Smother (v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled. |
| Smother (v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder. |
| Smother (v. t.) A state of suppression. |
| Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure. |
| Smother (v. t.) Stifling smoke; thick dust. |
| Smother (v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire. |
| Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. |