Meaning of "smother" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SMOTHER

Old English smorian to suffocate; related to Middle Low German smōren.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SMOTHER

smother  [ˈsmʌðə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMOTHER

Smother is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb smother in English.

WHAT DOES SMOTHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Asphyxia

Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from abnormal breathing. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which primarily affects the tissues and organs. There are many circumstances that can induce asphyxia, all of which are characterized by an inability of an individual to acquire sufficient oxygen through breathing for an extended period of time. Asphyxia can cause coma or death.

Definition of smother in the English dictionary

The first definition of smother in the dictionary is to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air. Other definition of smother is to surround or envelop. Smother is also to extinguish by covering so as to cut it off from the air.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SMOTHER

PRESENT

Present

I smother

you smother

he/she/it smothers

we smother

you smother

they smother

Present continuous

I am smothering

you are smothering

he/she/it is smothering

we are smothering

you are smothering

they are smothering

Present perfect

I have smothered

you have smothered

he/she/it has smothered

we have smothered

you have smothered

they have smothered

Present perfect continuous

I have been smothering

you have been smothering

he/she/it has been smothering

we have been smothering

you have been smothering

they have been smothering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I smothered

you smothered

he/she/it smothered

we smothered

you smothered

they smothered

Past continuous

I was smothering

you were smothering

he/she/it was smothering

we were smothering

you were smothering

they were smothering

Past perfect

I had smothered

you had smothered

he/she/it had smothered

we had smothered

you had smothered

they had smothered

Past perfect continuous

I had been smothering

you had been smothering

he/she/it had been smothering

we had been smothering

you had been smothering

they had been smothering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will smother

you will smother

he/she/it will smother

we will smother

you will smother

they will smother

Future continuous

I will be smothering

you will be smothering

he/she/it will be smothering

we will be smothering

you will be smothering

they will be smothering

Future perfect

I will have smothered

you will have smothered

he/she/it will have smothered

we will have smothered

you will have smothered

they will have smothered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been smothering

you will have been smothering

he/she/it will have been smothering

we will have been smothering

you will have been smothering

they will have been smothering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would smother

you would smother

he/she/it would smother

we would smother

you would smother

they would smother

Conditional continuous

I would be smothering

you would be smothering

he/she/it would be smothering

we would be smothering

you would be smothering

they would be smothering

Conditional perfect

I would have smother

you would have smother

he/she/it would have smother

we would have smother

you would have smother

they would have smother

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been smothering

you would have been smothering

he/she/it would have been smothering

we would have been smothering

you would have been smothering

they would have been smothering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you smother
we let´s smother
you smother

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to smother

Past participle

smothered

Present Participle

smothering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SMOTHER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «smother» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of smother

bottle up · choke · cocoon · conceal · cover · envelop · extinguish · heap · hide · hold back · hold in · inundate · keep back · muffle · overwhelm · put out · repress · restrain · shower · shroud · smear · snuff · spread · stifle · strangle · suffocate · suppress · surround

TRANSLATION OF SMOTHER

Find out the translation of smother to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of smother from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smother» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 把 > 闷熄
• Translator English - Spanish: sofocar
• English: smother
• Translator English - Hindi: बुझाना
• Translator English - Arabic: خنق
• Translator English - Russian: задушить
• Translator English - Portuguese: abafar
• Translator English - Bengali: ধূম
• Translator English - French: étouffer
• Translator English - Malay: Susah payah
• Translator English - German: ersticken
• Translator English - Japanese: 消す
• Translator English - Korean: > 덮어 끄다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyenyet
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ngột thở
• Translator English - Tamil: மூச்சுத்திணறடிக்கும்
• Translator English - Marathi: दमणे
• Translator English - Turkish: boğmak
• Translator English - Italian: soffocare
• Translator English - Polish: zdusić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: задушити
• Translator English - Romanian: sufoca
• Translator English - Greek: πνίξουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: versmoor
• Translator English - Swedish: kväva
• Translator English - Norwegian: kvele

7 QUOTES WITH «SMOTHER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word smother.

1

Stephanie Beacham

When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know how stupid that was.

2

Leo Buscaglia

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.

3

Betty Friedan

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, compete with her neighbors for empty status, and so smother her son that he cannot compete at all.

4

Lewis B. Smedes

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

5

Gerry Spence

Government is operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.

6

Henry David Thoreau

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

7

Fred Upton

Americans want and deserve a broad array of health insurance choices so they can identify those that best fit their own individual or family needs. These choices expand when we allow free enterprise to foster innovation, not smother it with taxes and one-size fits all ideology.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOTHER»

Discover the use of smother in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smother and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Integrated Weed and Soil Management

plant permitted establishment and peak growth before that of the cash crop: summer crops planted into winter annual smother crops, summer crops planted into cool-season spring-planted smother crops, or fall crops planted into summer  ...

J. L. Hatfield, Bobby A. Stewart, 1997

Smother

Linda Innes was born Liverpool and now lives in Saltburn (North East England). She contributed to the "Diva Book of Short Stories,"

Linda Innes, 2002

Australian Football: Steps to Success

Smothering Drill. The Smother SPOILING AND SMOTHERING SUCCESS SUMMARY RUCKING A Legend in the. EXECUTION 1. Fingers spread 2. Palms turned towards the ball 3. Arms, wrists and thumbs close together 4. Hands close to the ...

Andrew McLeod, Trevor D. Jaques, 2005

Fescue Toxicosis and Management

The spray-smother-spray method of replacing toxic tall fescue in a pasture with another cool-season grass. Fig. 33. Ammoniated tall fescue hay has low concentrations of. Livestock ClaSS. Toxic tall fescue replacement is critical with high ...

Craig Arthur Roberts, John G. Andrae, 2010

Dreams and Realities: Our Daily Thoughts, Our Daily Life

Mother'sMother'sMother'sMother'sMother's. DayDayDayDayDay. To ShareShareShareShareShare ororororor NotNotNotNotNot tototototo ShareShareShareShareShare It's certain all these 89 Mother's Day.

Reverend, 2004

The Philosopher Stone

Jake figured Smother couldn't be satisfied with such an arrangement for very long . Old Sally probably couldn't bring in enough to keep him in cheap beer. While Jake worked the downtown Savannah dealers, just West of Bay street, trying to ...

Philip Rushlow, 2000

A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...

Sidney! We smother' J The most replenished sweet work of nature, That from the prime creation e'er she fram'd. ,-r Sbakspeare. We are enow yet living in the field, To smother up the English in our throngs. Skat. 1 he helpless traveller, with wild ...

Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, 1805

Give Me Your Heart: Tales of Mystery and Suspense

Smother. Only a doll, Alva! Like you. That's what they told her. Their voices were a single voice. She was very young then. It had to be 1974, because she was in second grade at Buhr Elementary School, which was the faded red-brick building  ...

Joyce Carol Oates, 2011

Easy Garden Projects to Make, Build, and Grow: 200 ...

As long as the grass is actively growing, you can smother it with any material that deprives it of light for at least 6 weeks. Some grass roots will no doubt survive, so be sure to rake them out before using the space to grow vegetables or flowers.

Barbara Pleasant, 2006

Intelligent Virtual Agents: 10th International Conference, ...

Agent 3's choice is to smother the fire, which has a preparatory action of obtaining a towel or blanket. Agent 2 and 4, primed as a student and son respectively, are transfixed by the small fire as they are assigned the action of staring. Agents 5 ...

Jan Allbeck, Norman Badler, Timothy Bickmore, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOTHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smother is used in the context of the following news items.

McKinney mother admits to trying to smother baby, pleads guilty to …

STANFORD – A McKinney mother admitted to trying to smother her 2-month-old son with a pillow in Aug. 2013. Tammie Wolfinbarger, 30, pleaded guilty to one ... «Central Kentucky News, Jul 15»

The Goldbergs Exclusive: How Beverly Became the World's Best …

"I think the TV character is the best smother in the whole wide world," creator Adam F. Goldberg tells TVGuide.com of the overbearing, guilt-tripping, nubbies- ... «TV Guide, May 15»

Prosecutors: Mom Said Devil Made Her Smother 20-Month-Old Son

Latisha Fisher was taken into custody after the death of her son, Gavriel Ortiz, in a Midtown restaurant bathroom. (Credit: CBS2) ... «CBS Local, Apr 15»

Firefighters smother fire at Iowa City landfill

IOWA CITY - Crews from several Johnson County communities smothered a fire at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center on Friday night. The Iowa City ... «KCRG, Apr 15»

UPDATE: Charges, court for mom trying to smother baby

Ruth Smith, 33, of Lansing, is in the Erie County Jail for attempted murder after trying to smother her 7-month-old daughter in the parking lot of Kalihari Resorts ... «WKYC-TV, Feb 15»

Police: Intoxicated Illinois parents smother baby

BELLEVILLE, IL (AP) – Authorities have charged two Swansea parents who they say rolled on and killed their newborn baby while asleep in bed. «fox2now.com, Dec 14»

Qdoba "Smothers" Menu with New Line of Smothered Burritos and …

“Our Smothers deliver on this craving by bringing three new flavors and a new ... like rice, beans, protein and a choice of Smother on the inside, with a second ... «RestaurantNews.com, Dec 14»

Mom caught on camera trying to smother son, police say

HOUSTON — A teen accused of smothering her baby now is being investigated in Mississippi where another child died last year. At the time Cynthia Wood told ... «USA TODAY, Oct 14»

Fort Hood: Man Sentenced For Attempt To Smother Stepson

FORT HOOD (October 2, 2014) A Fort Hood man on Wednesday was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after he earlier pleaded guilty to trying to smother ... «KWTX, Oct 14»

Brewer Woman to Prison for Trying to Smother Woman, Steal …

A woman from Brewer is going to prison for five years for robbing a 71-year-old woman of her medication, after putting a pillow over her face. 45-year-old Donna ... «WABI, Sep 14»