Smoth"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
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Smoth"er, v. i.
1.
To be suffocated or stifled.
2.
To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
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Smoth"er, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
1.
Stifling smoke; thick dust. Shak.
2.
A state of suppression. [Obs.]
Not to keep their suspicions in smother.
Bacon.
Smother fly (Zoöl.), an aphid.
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Smoth"er (?), n.
That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
The Century.
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