smothers
Meaning of smothers
verb, 3rd person present
- kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.
I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow
- extinguish (a fire) by covering it.
use a fire blanket to smother a chip-pan fire
- cover someone or something entirely with.
rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream
- a mass of something that stifles or obscures.
all this vanished in a smother of foam
Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘stifling smoke’): from the base of Old English smorian ‘suffocate’.
Information about smothers
- The singular form of smothers is: smother.
- Languages in which smothers is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of smothers
smoth-ers
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- smothers is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
smothers synonyms
Meaning die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe:
Meaning make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate:
Meaning kill (someone) by depriving them of air:
Meaning cause (a person or animal) to choke:
Meaning attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them:
Meaning suppress (an impulse, action, or sound):
Meaning strangle; throttle:
Meaning cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine:
Meaning make less strong or intense:
Meaning extinguish (a fire or light):
Meaning spread (a greasy or sticky substance) over something:
Meaning carelessly coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance:
Meaning smear or daub with a sticky substance:
Meaning cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning smear or cover with a greasy or sticky substance:
Words that rhyme with smothers
hers, Birchers, Borchers, Lubavitchers, Melchers, Richers, Zurichers, affenpinschers, approachers, archers, attachers, avouchers, backbenchers, backscratchers, batchers, belchers, bellyachers, benchers, beseechers, besmirchers, bewitchers, birchers, birdwatchers, blanchers, bleachers, blenchers, bluchers, botchers, branchers, breachers, broachers, brunchers, butchers, catchers, clenchers, clinchers, clockwatchers, coachers, coresearchers, couchers, counterpunchers, cowcatchers, cowpunchers, crossbenchers, crouchers, crunchers, debauchers, despatchers, detachers, dispatchers
Are you looking more rhymes for smothers? Try our rhymes search engine.