Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - smother
Smother
smother
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. suffocate; stifle; kill by stopping the breath of or excluding air from. 2 tr. (foll. by with) overwhelm with (kisses, gifts, kindness, etc.) (smothered with affection). 3 tr. (foll. by in, with) cover entirely in or with (chicken smothered in mayonnaise). 4 tr. extinguish or deaden (a fire or flame) by covering it or heaping it with ashes etc. 5 intr. a die of suffocation. b have difficulty breathing. 6 tr. (often foll. by up) suppress or conceal; keep from notice or publicity. 7 tr. US defeat rapidly or utterly. --n. 1 a cloud of dust or smoke. 2 obscurity caused by this. Phrases and idioms smothered mate Chess checkmate in which the king, having no vacant square to move to, is checkmated by a knight. Etymology: ME smorther f. the stem of OE smorian suffocate
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of smorther, from smoren to ~, from Old English smorian to suffocate; akin to Middle Dutch smoren to suffocate Date: 13th century 1. thick stifling smoke or smudge, a state of being stifled or suppressed, a dense cloud (as of fog or dust), a confused multitude of things ; welter, ~y adjective II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1520 intransitive verb to be overcome or killed through or as if through lack of air, transitive verb to overcome or kill with smoke or fumes, 2. to kill by depriving of air, to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air, to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen, 3. to cause to smolder, to suppress expression or knowledge of , to stop or prevent the growth or activity of , to cover thickly ; blanket , to overcome or vanquish quickly or decisively, to cook in a covered pan or pot with little liquid over low heat ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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