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The correct spelling is smother.
How to pronounce smother
/ˈsmʌðɚ/
verbIPA: /ˈsmʌðɚ/
Say it like: Smo-the-r
The correct spelling is smother. To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone. For example: "to smother a fire with ashes"
Usage Examples
“to smother a fire with ashes”
“The committee's report was smothered.”
“beefsteak smothered with onions”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- 2.To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- 3.To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- 4.In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
- 5.To daub or smear.
noun
- 1.That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
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