smother a yawn

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• smother — [smuth′ər] vt. [ME smorthren < smorther, dense smoke < base of OE smorian, to suffocate, akin to MLowG smoren, to smoke < var. of IE base * smel > SMELL] 1. a) to keep from getting enough air to breathe; stifle b) to kill in this way; …   English World dictionary

• smoth´er|er — smoth|er «SMUHTH uhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to make unable to get air; kill by depriving of air; suffocate: »The gas almost smothered the coal miners but they got out in time. 2. to cover thickly: »In the fall the grass is smothered with leaves.… …   Useful english dictionary

• smoth|er — «SMUHTH uhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to make unable to get air; kill by depriving of air; suffocate: »The gas almost smothered the coal miners but they got out in time. 2. to cover thickly: »In the fall the grass is smothered with leaves. 3. to… …   Useful english dictionary

• stifle — I. /ˈstaɪfəl / (say stuyfuhl) verb (stifled, stifling) –verb (t) 1. to kill by impeding respiration; smother. 2. to keep back or repress: to stifle a yawn. 3. to suppress, crush, or stop: to stifle a revolt. –verb (i) 4. to become stifled or… …  

• stifle joint — noun see stifle I * * * sti|fle1 «STY fuhl», verb, fled, fling. –v.t. 1. a) to stop the breath of; smother; suffocate: »The smoke stifled the firemen. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

• sti´fler — sti|fle1 «STY fuhl», verb, fled, fling. –v.t. 1. a) to stop the breath of; smother; suffocate: »The smoke stifled the firemen. SYNONYM(S): strangle. b) to choke to death. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

• sti|fle — sti|fle1 «STY fuhl», verb, fled, fling. –v.t. 1. a) to stop the breath of; smother; suffocate: »The smoke stifled the firemen. SYNONYM(S): strangle. b) to choke to death. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

• stifle — [[t]sta͟ɪf(ə)l[/t]] stifles, stifling, stifled 1) VERB (disapproval) If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. [V n] Regulations on children stifled creativity... [V n] Critics have accused the …   English dictionary

• stifle — stifle1 stifler, n. /stuy feuhl/, v., stifled, stifling. v.t. 1. to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression. 2. to suppress, curb, or withhold: to stifle a yawn. 3. to kill by impeding respiration; smother.… …   Universalium

• stifle — I sti•fle [[t]ˈstaɪ fəl[/t]] v. fled, fling 1) to quell, crush, or end by force 2) to suppress, curb, or withhold: to stifle a yawn[/ex] 3) to kill by impeding respiration; smother 4) to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close… …   From formal English to slang

• smotherer — noun a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses he is a real conversation stifler I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop • Syn: ↑stifler • Derivationally related forms: ↑smother, ↑stifle (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary