smother
/ˈsmʌðə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsmʌðə/
smother
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- 2 syllables
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
smot - her -> smother
Myanmar meaning
(v.t) မွန်းစေသည်။မွန်းအောင်လုပ်၍ သတ်သည်။
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၁။ ~ sb (with sth) အသက်မရှူနိုင်အောင် တစ်ခုခုနှင့် ဖိသတ်သည်။ He smothered the baby with a pillow. ❍ (fig ) She felt smothered with kindness. ကြင်နာကြလွန်း၍ သူ အနေရကျပ်သွား သည်၊ ။
၂။ (သဲ စသည်ဖြင့်) အုပ်၍၊ ဖို့၍ မီးငြှိမ်းသတ် သည်။ If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it. ❍ She smothered the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
၃။ (ကျိတ်ပြီး) ချုပ်တည်းသည်၊ အုပ်သည်။ smother a yawn/smile/giggle ❍ I heard a smothered cry from the next room.
၄။ ~ sth/sb with/in sth မွှန်းသည်၊ လွှမ်းသည်။ a pudding smothered in cream ❍ smother a child with kisses. ကလေးကို အနမ်းမိုးရွာလိုက် သည်။
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suffocate, stifle, choke, asphyxiate, London fog, check, cloud, collect, compose, conceal, control, cool, cork, douse, envelop, extinguish; cover, fog, fogginess, ground clouds, haze, haziness, heap, hide, hold back, hush up, indistinctness, inundate, keep back, kill, mare's tail, muffle, nebulosity, ol' buttermilk sky, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, pea soup, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, sheep, shower, shroud, simmer down, smaze, smokiness, snuff, soup, squelch, stamp out, strangle, suppress, surround, throttle, thunderhead, visibility zero-zero, woolpack
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