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- 1. (of food) cooked in a covered container: US "smothered fried chicken"
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SMOTHERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of smother 2. to kill someone by covering their face so that…. Learn more.
The meaning of SMOTHER is to kill by depriving of air. How to use smother in a sentence.
a rich dessert smothered in cream; She smothered him with kisses. Try our rich orange sorbet smothered in fluffy whipped cream and nuts.
Define smothered. smothered synonyms, smothered pronunciation, smothered translation, English dictionary definition of smothered. v. smoth·ered , smoth·er·ing , smoth·ers v. tr. 1. a. To suffocate . b. To deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion. 2. To conceal, suppress, or hide:...
1 smother somebody (with something) to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe synonym suffocate He smothered the baby with a pillow. to be smothered to death
If an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the Occupation. [ be VERB -ed ]
If you've ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend who calls you twenty five times an hour to check up on you, then you know what it means to be smothered by someone. The word smother literally means to deprive of oxygen, so it can be used to refer to someone who gets suffocated by a pillow.
Smother definition: To conceal, suppress, or hide. Dense, suffocating smoke or any thick cloud of dust, steam, fog, etc.
to suffocate, as by smoke or lack of air: [~ + object] He was smothered by the smoke. [ no object ] He'll smother under those blankets. to extinguish or deaden (fire, etc.) by covering: [ ~ + object ] to smother the fire with blankets.
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