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Meanings of smother in English

Portuguese
bagunça
Catalan
batibull
Spanish
mezcolanza

A confused multitude of things.

      bagunça
      Catalan
      ofegar

      Conceal or hide.

            ofegar
            Portuguese
            asfixiar
            Catalan
            asfixiar
            Spanish
            sofocar

            Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.

                  asfixiar
                  Catalan
                  envoltar
                  Spanish
                  cercar

                  Envelop completely.

                        envoltar
                        Usage of smother in English
                        1
                        Through the smother came the loud moaning of fog-horns in the Firth.
                        Greyfriars Bobby
                        2
                        But he hadn't left it there long enough for her to smother.
                        The god project
                        3
                        A whitecap foamed above it and broke across in a snow-white smother.
                        The Sea-Wolf
                        4
                        It was harsh, but it was the only way not to smother.
                        The Guardian
                        5
                        And when I smell ghosts, I can smother myself in my pocket-handkerchief.
                        Melchior's Dream and Other Tales
                        6
                        The men on shore could no longer see them for the smother.
                        The Blazed Trail
                        7
                        I could smother him with his pillow and nobody would ever know.
                        Monster Hunter International
                        8
                        A controversialist tends to want to smother contradiction in deceptively straightforward elegance.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        I'll have a whiskey & let them smother me in their guff.
                        The new yorker
                        10
                        She picked up the pillow, and proceeded to smother him with it.
                        The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
                        11
                        All hands toil and work at the opening, to smother it up.
                        Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication
                        12
                        When the smother cleared her foremast was overboard and her deck-house smashed.
                        The Tides of Barnegat
                        13
                        The pleasure of being reassured made me again smother her with kisses.
                        The Queen Pedauque
                        14
                        He seemed to smother the words by stooping to kiss her good-by.
                        The Letter of the Contract
                        15
                        And with it came an unfamiliar fear which she could not smother.
                        The Call of the Canyon
                        16
                        I'll follow you unseen and smother any spark of joy you find.
                        The Name of the Wind
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