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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. held in check with difficulty;
- Example: "a smothered cough"
- Example: "a stifled yawn"
- Example: "a strangled scream"
- Example: "suppressed laughter"
[syn: smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed]

2. completely covered;
- Example: "bonnets smothered with flowers"
- Example: "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
   Smoor.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
      view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
      displeasure.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smothered
    adj 1: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a
           stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed
           laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, strangled,
           suppressed]
    2: completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers";
       "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"