smothering (verb)

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• smother — [[t]smʌ̱ðə(r)[/t]] smothers, smothering, smothered 1) VERB If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. [V n] The girl s parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames. 2) VERB To smother someone means… …   English dictionary

• smother — /ˈsmʌðə / (say smudhuh) verb (t) 1. to stifle or suffocate, especially by smoke or by depriving of the air necessary for life. 2. to extinguish or deaden (fire, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air. 3. Also, smother up. to cover closely or… …  

• smother — UK [ˈsmʌðə(r)] / US [ˈsmʌðər] verb [transitive] Word forms smother : present tense I/you/we/they smother he/she/it smothers present participle smothering past tense smothered past participle smothered 1) a) to cover someone or something… …   English dictionary

• smother — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of smorther, from smoren to smother, from Old English smorian to suffocate; akin to Middle Dutch smoren to suffocate Date: 13th century 1. a. thick stifling smoke or smudge b. a state of being stifled …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• burke — transitive verb (burked; burking) Etymology: from burke to suffocate, from William Burke died 1829 Irish criminal executed for smothering victims to sell their bodies for dissection Date: 1829 1. to suppress quietly or indirectly < burke an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Tackle (football move) — Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. In most cases this move is one that prevents an opposing player from carrying out what they intend.The word is used in some contact sports to describe the act of physically holding or… …   Wikipedia

• smother — smoth|er [ smʌðər ] verb transitive 1. ) to cover something completely: The meat was smothered in thick sauce. a garden smothered with weeds a ) to put out a fire by covering it 2. ) to kill someone by covering their face until they stop… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Burke — (v.) family name (first recorded 1066), from Anglo Norman pronunciation of O.E. burgh. Not common in England itself, but it took root in Ireland, where William de Burgo went in 1171 with Henry II and later became Earl of Ulster. As shorthand for… …   Etymology dictionary

• overlay — overlay, overlie 1. The addition of the prefix over makes both verbs transitive (i.e. take an object) and therefore they do not entirely correspond to the grammatical functions of lay and lie. The past tense and past participle of overlay is… …   Modern English usage

• overlie — overlay, overlie 1. The addition of the prefix over makes both verbs transitive (i.e. take an object) and therefore they do not entirely correspond to the grammatical functions of lay and lie. The past tense and past participle of overlay is… …   Modern English usage

• winterkill — noun Etymology: winter kill : mortality resulting from severe winter conditions (as of fish by smothering in an ice covered shallow lake) * * * /win teuhr kil /, v.t., v.i. 1. to kill by or die from exposure to the cold of winter, as wheat. n. 2 …   Useful english dictionary