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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
smother
1. a confused multitude of things
• Syn:
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter
• Derivationally related forms:
muddle (for: muddle), jumble (for: jumble), clutter (for: clutter)
• Hypernyms:
disorderliness, disorder
• Hyponyms:
rummage
2. a stifling cloud of smoke
• Hypernyms:
smoke, fume
1. envelop completely (Freq. 2)
- smother the meat in gravy
• Syn:
surround
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The wind storms smother the area with dust and dirt
2. conceal or hide (Freq. 1)
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
• Syn:
stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
• Derivationally related forms:
stifler (for: stifle), stifling (for: stifle), smotherer
• Hypernyms:
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (Freq. 1)
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
• Syn:
asphyxiate, suffocate
• Derivationally related forms:
suffocation (for: suffocate), asphyxiation (for: asphyxiate), asphyxia (for: asphyxiate)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Group:
suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
• Entailment:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They want to smother the prisoners
4. form an impenetrable cover over
- the butter cream smothered the cake
• Hypernyms:
cover, spread over
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Dust and dirt smother the area
5. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- smother fires
• Syn:
put out
• Hypernyms:
snuff out, extinguish
• Entailment:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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