English Dictionary

smother

/ˈsmʌðɚ/

noun

Smoldering; slow combustion. / Cookware used in such cooking. / (dated) The state of being stifled; suppression. / (dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.

The smother of the fire prevented it from spreading further.

意味（1）

Smoldering; slow combustion.

意味（2）

Cookware used in such cooking.

Thus must I from the smoke into the smother […]

意味（3）

(dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.

not to keep their suspicions in smother

意味（4）

(dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.

Thus must I from the smoke into the smother, / From tyrant duke unto tyrant brother.

意味（5）

(Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).