SUFFOCATE


Meaning of SUFFOCATE in English

— suffocatingly , adv. — suffocation , n. — suffocative , adj.

/suf"euh kayt'/ , v. , suffocated, suffocating .

v.t.

1. to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.

2. to impede the respiration of.

3. to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air.

4. to overcome or extinguish; suppress.

v.i.

5. to become suffocated; stifle; smother.

6. to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.

[ 1520-30; suffocatus (ptp. of suffocare to choke, stifle), equiv. to suf- SUF- + -foc- (comb. form of fauc-, s. of fauces throat) + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .