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Showing words for SMOTHER using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Smother

mothers, smother, thermos

6 Letter Words for Smother

homers, hormes, horste, hoster, methos, metros, mosher, mother, motser, others, reshot, strome, thermo, therms, throes, tosher

5 Letter Words for Smother

estro, ethos, herms, hoers, homer, homes, horme, horse, horst, hoser, meros, mesto, metho, meths, metro, mohrs, mores, morse, morth, morts, moste, moter, motes, moths, mster, omers, other, roset, rotes, sermo, shore, short, shote, smeth, smore, smote, somet, stero, store, storm, strom, tehrs, terms, theor, theos, therm, thore, those, throe, toher, tomes, tores, torse

4 Letter Words for Smother

emos, eros, ersh, erst, erth, eths, hems, herm, hero, hers, hert, hest, hets, hoer, hoes, home, hore, hors, hort, hose, host, hote, hots, mero, mesh, meso, mest, meth, mets, mhos, moes, moet, mohr, more, mors, mort, mose, mosh, most, mote, moth, mots, ohms, omer, ores, orth, orts, rehs, rems, rest, rets, rheo, rhet, rhos, roes, rome, roms, rose, rost, rote, rots, seor, sero, sert, seth, shem, sher, shet, shmo, shoe, shor, shot, some, sore, sort, soth, stem, ster, stor, stre, tehr, tems, term, them, thor, thos, thro, toes, tome, toms, tore, tors, tose, tosh, tres

3 Letter Words for Smother

ehs, emo, ems, eom, eos, ers, ert, esm, esr, est, eth, hem, heo, her, hes, het, hmo, hoe, hom, hor, hos, hot, hrs, hts, meh, mer, mes, met, mho, moe, mor, mos, mot, mrs, msh, mst, mts, oer, oes, ohm, ohs, oms, ore, ors, ort, ose, reh, rem, res, rhe, rho, rms, roe, rom, ros, rot, rte, sem, ser, set, she, sho, shr, sht, som, sot, stm, str, tem, ter, tes, the, thm, tho, tmh, toe, tom, tor, tos, trm, trs, tsh

Definitions for Smother

[1] to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
[2] to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air.
[3] to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms.
[4] to suppress or repress: to smother feelings.
[5] Cookery . to steam (food) slowly in a heavy, tightly closed vessel with a minimum of liquid: smothered chicken and onions.
[6] to become stifled or suffocated; be prevented from breathing.
[7] to be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
[8] dense, stifling smoke.
[9] a smoking or smoldering state, as of burning matter.
[10] dust, fog, spray, etc., in a dense or enveloping cloud.
[11] an overspreading profusion of anything: a smother of papers.
[12] to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air
[13] (tr) to surround (with) or envelop (in) he smothered her with love
[14] (tr) to extinguish (a fire) by covering so as to cut it off from the air
[15] to be or cause to be suppressed or stifled smother a giggle
[16] (tr) to cook or serve (food) thickly covered with sauce, etc
[17] anything, such as a cloud of smoke, that stifles
[18] a profusion or turmoil
[19] archaic a state of smouldering or a smouldering fire

Words related to Smother

quash, snuff, overwhelm, suppress, envelop, choke, surround, quell, suffocate, douse, squelch, strangle, stifle, control, asphyxiate, compose, throttle, inundate, collect, quench

Words nearby Smother

smoothing iron, smoothy, smorgasbord, smorzando, smote, smother, smothered mate, smothery, smoulder, smout, smp

Origin of Smother

1125–75; (noun) Middle English smorther dense smoke; akin to Old English smorian to suffocate; (v.) Middle English smo(r)theren, derivative of the noun

Other words from Smother

smoth·er·a·ble , adjective
half-smoth·ered , adjective
un·smoth·er·a·ble , adjective
un·smoth·ered , adjective
un·smoth·er·ing , adjective

Word origin for Smother

Old English smorian to suffocate; related to Middle Low German smōren

Synonyms for Smother

choke, douse, envelop, overwhelm, quash, quell, snuff, squelch, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, surround, asphyxiate, collect, compose, conceal, control, cool, cork, heap, inundate, kill, muffle, quench, rein, repress, restrain, shower, shroud, throttle, hush up, keep back, simmer down, stamp out