Vocabulary Entry

smother

|verb • noun

verb

To suffocate or restrict breathing by covering the face or to extinguish a fire by suffocating it.

Example Sentences

"He tried to smother the flames with a blanket."

"She felt like the oppressive heat was smothering her."

"The overprotective parent didn't mean to smother her child's independence."

noun

Example Sentences

"The smother of fog made it hard to see the road."

"They placed a smother of leaves over the garden bed."

"The cake was topped with a rich smother of frosting."