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1 smother with kisses
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2 smother
transitive verb1) (stifle, extinguish) ersticken2) (overwhelm) überschütten (with, in mit)smother somebody with kisses — jemanden mit seinen Küssen [fast] ersticken
3) (fig.): (suppress) unterdrücken [Kichern, Gähnen, Wahrheit]; ersticken [Kritik, Gerücht, Schluchzen, Gelächter, Schreie]; dämpfen [Lärm]* * *1) (to kill or die from lack of air, caused especially by a thick covering over the mouth and nose; to suffocate: He smothered his victim by holding a pillow over her face.) ersticken2) (to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly: He threw sand on the fire to smother it.) ersticken3) (to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm: When he got home his children smothered him with kisses.) ersticken* * *smoth·er[ˈsmʌθəʳ, AM -ɚ]vt1. (suffocate)to \smother a flame eine Flamme ersticken2. (prevent from growing)▪ to \smother sth etw unterdrücken3. (suppress)to \smother a cough ein Husten unterdrückento \smother hopes Hoffnungen zerstören4. (cover)during the summer months, the city is \smothered in smog während der Sommermonate liegt die Stadt unter einer Dunstglockewhen she saw her boyfriend at the arrivals gate she \smothered him in kisses als sie ihren Freund im Ankunftsbereich erblickte, bedeckte sie ihn mit Küssen* * *['smʌðə(r)]1. vt2) (= cover) bedecken, überschüttenfruit smothered in cream — Obst, das in Sahne schwimmt
she smothered his face in kisses — sie bedeckte sein Gesicht mit Küssen, sie erstickte ihn fast mit ihren Küssen
2. viersticken* * *smother [ˈsmʌðə(r)]A s1. obs Rauch m, dicker Qualm2. obs schwelendes Feuer3. (Rauch- etc) Wolke f4. (Über)Fülle f (of an dat)B v/t1. jemanden, ein Feuer, einen Schrei etc ersticken:smother a shot SPORT einen Schuss unschädlich machensmother sb with kisses jemanden abküssensmother a scandal einen Skandal vertuschen;smother a bill eine Gesetzesvorlage zu Fall bringen oder unterdrückenC v/i1. ersticken2. erstickt, fig auch unterdrückt werden* * *transitive verb1) (stifle, extinguish) ersticken2) (overwhelm) überschütten (with, in mit)smother somebody with kisses — jemanden mit seinen Küssen [fast] ersticken
3) (fig.): (suppress) unterdrücken [Kichern, Gähnen, Wahrheit]; ersticken [Kritik, Gerücht, Schluchzen, Gelächter, Schreie]; dämpfen [Lärm]* * *v.ersticken v. -
3 smother
smoth·er [ʼsmʌɵəʳ, Am -ɚ] vt1) ( suffocate)to \smother sb [with sth] jdn [mit etw dat] ersticken;to \smother a flame eine Flamme ersticken2) ( prevent from growing)to \smother sth etw unterdrücken3) ( suppress)to \smother a cough ein Husten unterdrücken;to \smother hopes Hoffnungen zerstören4) ( cover)to be \smothered in sth von etw dat völlig bedeckt sein;during the summer months, the city is \smothered in smog während der Sommermonate liegt die Stadt unter einer Dunstglocke;when she saw her boyfriend at the arrivals gate she \smothered him in kisses als sie ihren Freund im Ankunftsbereich erblickte, bedeckte sie ihn mit Küssen
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