smother

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
3. 3.To be suffocated or stifled.
4. 4.To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
5. 5.Stifling smoke; thick dust. Shak.
6. 6.A state of suppression. [Obs.] Not to keep their suspicions in smother. Bacon. Smother fly (Zoöl.), an aphid.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is smother.

• What is 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 called?
• What is hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure called?
• What is to burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder called?
• What is a state of suppression. [Obs.] Not to keep their suspicions in smother. Bacon. Smother fly (Zoöl.), an aphid called?