to smother
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4.2
- verb
- /ˈsmʌðər/
:
cubrir (con)
- Plating succulent shrimp nestled inside blue corn tortillas smothered with a green chile and cream cheese sauce.
His grass is grass is pretty good at smothering things out, but puncture vines are the worst.
- His grass is grass is pretty good at smothering things out, but puncture vines are the worst.
- Where these broke surface, giant forests reared up into the burning, dull green sky, smothering the former wheat fields of temperate Europe and North America.
Examples
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Between two slices of rye, smothered in gravy.
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On the ground, climbing fern creates tough, spongy mats that can easily smother grasses, low-growing shrubs, and small trees.
Academic text (2002) -
Okay, fine, you go smother him in kisses.
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Korea is smothered in rats.
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It is nice, smothered in a beautiful grape sauce.
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The sun's on my terrace, and everything's smothered in bougainvillea.
Fiction book (1998) -
Mayan temples and ritual sites are everywhere, some smothered by lush jungle, others easily accessible.
Blog text (3) -
The pheasant was smothered in walnut hollandaise; the boar dripped with apple brandy and cinnamon syrup.
Fiction book (1997) -
He smothered the cake with frosting before serving it to the guests.
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To make the dish extra flavorful, you should smother the chicken in creamy mushroom sauce.
Synonyms
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1.0
To put something over another thing to protect or hide it
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1.6
To cover something completely so it cannot be seen
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5.1
To cover something so it is hard to see or understand
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6.0
To cover something completely, often with a cloth
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4.2
To cover something completely, for example with fog or snow
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5.0
To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it
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3.6
Cover something completely with paper, cloth or another material to protect it
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4.6
Cover something completely so it cannot be seen
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4.6
To cover completely so it cannot be seen, often by water or strong feeling
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5.4
Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it
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4.2
Cover something completely so it cannot be seen or noticed
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8.2
To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it
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7.2
To cover something completely, like fog or snow
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5.7
Covered by mist so you cannot see far
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8.0
To cover something completely, often by surrounding it with cloth or paper
1
7.4
To cover something completely with cloth or a thin layer like chocolate
To cover something completely with water or soil
To cover something with an extra layer to protect it or make it look nicer
To cover a surface thickly with stickers, paste, or cream
Make the view hard to see because of fog or smoke
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To give someone so much care and affection that they feel overwhelmed
How Covered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smother comes from an old idea of covering something so it cannot 'breathe' or be seen. So to smother an object is to cover it completely, hiding or blocking it from view.