English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of smother

smother

/verb/ बुझाना; ढाँकना; दम घोंट कर मार डालना; घबराहट; गला घोंटना; दबाना; ढकना; छिपना; दया की भरमार करना;

Synonym Extinguish; anxiety; choke; clamp; clothe; hide;

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English Dictionary:

1. Smother

[v. i.]

- To be suffocated or stifled.
- To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.

2. Smother

[v. t.]

- 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.
- 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.
- Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
- Stifling smoke; thick dust.
- A state of suppression.