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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishsmothren,smortheren, alteration (due tosmother,smorther(“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”,noun)) ofMiddle Englishsmoren(“to smother”), fromOld Englishsmorian(“to smother, suffocate, choke”), fromProto-Germanic*smurōną(“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to*smallijan(“to burn”) orOld Englishsmoca(“smoke”).[1]

Cognate withMiddle Low Germansmoren,smurten(“to choke, suffocate”),West Flemishsmoren(“to smoke, reek”),Dutchsmoren(“to suffocate, smother", also "to stew, simmer”),Germanschmoren(“to stew, simmer, braise”).

Verb

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smother (third-person singular simple presentsmothers,present participlesmothering,simple past and past participlesmothered)

  1. (transitive) Tosuffocate;stifle;obstruct, more or less completely, therespiration of something or someone.
    Hesmothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.
  2. (transitive) Toextinguish ordeaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding theair.
    tosmother a fire with ashes
  3. (transitive) Toreduce to a low degree ofvigor or activity;suppress ordo away with;extinguish
    Synonyms:stifle,cover up,conceal,hide
    The committee's report wassmothered.
  4. (transitive, cooking) To cook in aclosedish.
    beefsteaksmothered with onions
  5. (transitive) Todaub orsmear.
    • 2007 October 30, Jane E. Brody, “My Diet Strategy? Controlled Indulgence”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      And I keep quite a lot of it around, especially chocolate-covered almonds and Trader Joes minipretzelssmothered in dark chocolate.
  6. (intransitive) To besuffocated.
    She issmothered by the rope.
  7. (intransitive) Tobreathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
  8. (intransitive, of a fire) toburn very slowly for want of air;smolder.
  9. (intransitive, figuratively) toperish, growfeeble, ordecline, bysuppression orconcealment; bestifled; be suppressed or concealed.
  10. (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
    • 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, inBBC Sport‎[2]:
      Emmanuel Adebayor's touch proved a fraction heavy as he guided Van der Vaart's exquisite long ball round John Ruddy, before the goalkeeper did well tosmother Bale's shot from Modric's weighted pass.
  11. (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
  12. (boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
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Translations
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to suffocate
to extinguish or deaden
to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
to cook in a close dish
to daub or smear
to be suffocated
to breathe with great difficulty
to burn very slowly for want of air
Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishsmother,smorther(“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”), fromOld Englishsmorþor(“smoke”, literally“that which suffocates”), fromsmorian(“to suffocate, choke”) +-þor(instrumental suffix).

Noun

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smother (countable anduncountable,pluralsmothers)

  1. That which smothers or appears to smother,particularly
    1. Smoldering;slowcombustion.
    2. Cookwareused insuchcooking.
    3. (dated) The state of beingstifled;suppression.
    4. (dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
      • c.1598–1600 (date written),William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii], lines239-40:
        Thus must I from the smoke into thesmother, / From tyrant duke unto tyrant brother.
      • 1868,Judy, volumes3-4, page20:
        Then we passed the Grand Opéra, at which our fine taste revolted; the Rue de la Paix, all in asmother with the dust caused by its improvement, at which our eyes naturally distilled water;[…]
    5. (Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
Translations
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slow combustion
cookware
suppression
stifling smoke
thick dust

References

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  1. ^van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “smoren”, inEtymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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