smother
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a confused multitude of things
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Sense 2 verb
envelop completely
smother the meat in gravy
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Sense 3 noun
a stifling cloud of smoke
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Sense 4 verb
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
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Sense 5 verb
conceal or hide
smother a yawn
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Sense 6 verb
form an impenetrable cover over
the butter cream smothered the cake
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Sense 7 verb
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
smother fires
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | addle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | throw together |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jumble |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorderliness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rummage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | smoke |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suffocation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphyxia |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphyxiation |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | cover |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | asphyxiate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crushing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stifler |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread over |
| 7 | entails | Related & opposite | cover |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | extinguish |