·vt A state of suppression.
II. Smother ·vt Stifling smoke; thick dust.
III. Smother ·vi To be suffocated or stifled.
IV. Smother ·vi To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to Smolder.
V. Smother ·add. ·noun That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
VI. Smother ·vt 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.
VII. Smother ·vt Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to Suppress; to Conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
VIII. Smother ·vt 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.