My sister likes to smother her toasts in butter.
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Smother
//ˈsməðər//
Synonyms for "smother" (234 found)
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cookcoolcorkcork upcovercover upcrack down oncratecrushcurrydampdamp downdampende emphasizede-emphasizedeadendiminishdousedownplaydrown
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Verb(4 words)
Related words (117)
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packagepalliatepantparchplay downpour water onput downput outquashquellquenchradiate heatreducereduce the temperaturereinrepressrestrainroastroutscaldscorchseethesheatheshellacshimmer with heatshowershroudshushshut downshut down onsilencesimmersimmer downsit down onsit onslackslackenslow downsmashsmearsmoldersnuffsnuff outsobersober downsoftensparksquashsquelchstamp outstanchstarvesteamstewstiflestop the breathstranglestultifysubduesublimatesuffocatesuppresssurroundswaddleswallowswathesweatsweltertake the edge offtametemperthrashthrottletoasttone downtrample outtrample underfoottrimtune downunderplayweakenwhipwrapwrap aboutwrap up
Noun(3 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
131 translations across 25 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- душыць verb (to suffocate)
- задушыць verb (to suffocate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- потискане noun (suppression)
- пушек noun (stifling smoke)
- тлеене noun (slow combustion)
- душа verb (to suffocate)
Catalan
1 entries- asfixiar verb (to suffocate)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎭᏬᏍᏗᎭ verb (to suffocate)
Danish
1 entries- kvæle verb (to suffocate)
Dutch
3 entries- stikken verb (to suffocate)
- temperen verb (to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity)
- uitdoven verb (to extinguish or deaden)
Esperanto
1 entries- sufoki verb (to suffocate)
Finnish
4 entries- kyteä verb (to burn very slowly for want of air)
- tukahduttaa verb (to extinguish or deaden)
- tukahduttaa verb (to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity)
- tukahtua verb (Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline)
French
4 entries- cuire à l’étouffée verb (to cook in a close dish)
- suffoquer verb (to breathe with great difficulty)
- étouffer verb (to suffocate)
- étouffer verb (to extinguish or deaden)
German
4 entries- Ersticken noun (suppression)
- Erstickung noun (suppression)
- Qualm noun (stifling smoke)
- Schmorbraten noun (cookware)
Greek
4 entries- καταπνίγω verb (to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity)
- πνίγομαι verb (to be suffocated)
- πνίγομαι verb (to breathe with great difficulty)
- πνίγω verb (to suffocate)
Hungarian
1 entries- megfojt verb (to suffocate)
Irish
1 entries- plúch verb (to suffocate)
Italian
4 entries- affogare verb (to cook in a close dish)
- asfissiare verb (to suffocate)
- colmare verb (to cook in a close dish)
- estinguere verb (to extinguish or deaden)
Manx
1 entries- ploogh verb (to suffocate)
Māori
4 entries- hāhā verb (to breathe with great difficulty)
- ponguru verb (to burn very slowly for want of air)
- popō verb (to burn very slowly for want of air)
- tāmi verb (to suffocate)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغمق verb (to suffocate)
Polish
4 entries- dusić verb (to cook in a close dish)
- przydusić verb (to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity)
- udusić verb (to suffocate)
- zdusić verb (to extinguish or deaden)
Portuguese
3 entries- apagar verb (to extinguish or deaden)
- asfixiar verb (to suffocate)
- sufocar verb (to suffocate)
Russian
4 entries- души́ть verb (to suffocate)
- задохну́ться verb (to be suffocated)
- задохну́ться verb (to breathe with great difficulty)
- задуши́ть verb (to suffocate)
Spanish
4 entries- agobiar verb (to suffocate)
- ahogar verb (to suffocate)
- apagar verb (to extinguish or deaden)
- asfixiar verb (to suffocate)
Swedish
4 entries- dämpa verb (to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity)
- kväva verb (to suffocate)
- kväva verb (to extinguish or deaden)
- kvävas verb (to be suffocated)
Turkish
1 entries- boğmak verb (to suffocate)
Ukrainian
2 entries- души́ти verb (to suffocate)
- задуши́ти verb (to suffocate)
Walloon
4 entries- sofoker verb (to extinguish or deaden)
- sofoker verb (to be suffocated)
- sofoker verb (to breathe with great difficulty)
- stofer verb (to suffocate)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Sami used a pillow to smother Layla.
Source: tatoeba (6574875)
Where women love each other, men learn to smother their mutual dislike.
Source: tatoeba (6888742)
Singapore's prime minister says severe air pollution caused by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia may continue to smother the city-state for weeks or months.
Source: tatoeba (11056740)
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