| slovo | definícia |
smother
(mass) | smother
- uhasiť |
smother
(encz) | smother,potlačit v: Jiří Dadák |
smother
(encz) | smother,tutlat v: Jiří Dadák |
smother
(encz) | smother,udusit v: Jiří Dadák |
smother
(encz) | smother,uhasit v: Zdeněk Brož |
smother
(encz) | smother,zcela zakrýt v: Jiří Dadák |
Smother
(gcide) | Smother \Smoth"er\, v. i.
1. To be suffocated or stifled.
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2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
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Smother
(gcide) | Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak.
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2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
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Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon.
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3. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering,
as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude
of things.
Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of
the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
--The Century.
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Smother fly (Zool.), an aphid.
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Smother
(gcide) | Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
Smoor.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the
air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to
prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
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2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air
by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like;
as, to smother a fire.
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3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
displeasure.
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smother
(wn) | smother
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble,
muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
2: a stifling cloud of smoke
v 1: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn:
smother, surround]
2: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello
smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated
herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the
floor" [syn: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate]
3: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
muffle, repress]
4: form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered
the cake"
5: deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother
fires" [syn: smother, put out] |
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smothered
(encz) | smothered, adj: |
smotherer
(encz) | smotherer, n: |
smothering
(encz) | smothering, adj: |
Smother
(gcide) | Smother \Smoth"er\, v. i.
1. To be suffocated or stifled.
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2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
[1913 Webster]Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak.
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2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
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Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon.
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3. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering,
as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude
of things.
Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of
the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
--The Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Smother fly (Zool.), an aphid.
[1913 Webster]Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
Smoor.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the
air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to
prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
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2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air
by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like;
as, to smother a fire.
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3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
displeasure.
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Smother fly
(gcide) | Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak.
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2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
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Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon.
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3. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering,
as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude
of things.
Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of
the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
--The Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Smother fly (Zool.), an aphid.
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Smothered
(gcide) | Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
Smoor.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the
air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to
prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
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2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air
by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like;
as, to smother a fire.
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3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
displeasure.
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Smothered mate
(gcide) | Smothered mate \Smoth"ered mate\ (Chess)
Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely
obstructed by his own men. This can only occur when an
opponent moves a knight into a position to give a check to
the king.
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Smotheriness
(gcide) | Smotheriness \Smoth"er*i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being smothery.
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Smothering
(gcide) | Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
Smoor.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the
air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to
prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
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2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air
by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like;
as, to smother a fire.
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3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
displeasure.
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Smotheringly
(gcide) | Smotheringly \Smoth"er*ing*ly\, adv.
In a smothering manner.
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Smothery
(gcide) | Smothery \Smoth"er*y\, a.
Tending to smother; stifling.
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Unsmotherable
(gcide) | Unsmotherable \Unsmotherable\
See smotherable. |
smothered
(wn) | smothered
adj 1: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a
stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed
laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, strangled,
suppressed]
2: completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers";
"smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy" |
smotherer
(wn) | smotherer
n 1: 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,
smotherer] |
smothering
(wn) | smothering
adj 1: causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack
of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June
dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat";
"the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn:
smothering, suffocating, suffocative] |
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