Definitions for smothering
Overview of verb smother
The verb smother has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) smother, surround
(envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy")
2. (1) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
(deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor")
3. (1) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
(conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")
4. smother
(form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake")
5. smother, put out
(deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires")
Overview of adj smothering
The adj smothering has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) smothering, suffocating, suffocative
(causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating
