vt a state of suppression.
2. smother ·vt stifling smoke; thick dust.
3. smother ·vi to be suffocated or stifled.
4. smother ·vi to burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. smother ·vt hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
8. 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.