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Definition

smother /'sm4Åå(r)/ v ၁။ ~ sb (with sth) အသက္မ႐ႉႏိုင္ေအာင္ တစ္ခုခုႏွင့္ ဖိသတ္သည္။ He smothered the baby with a pillow. ❍ ( fig ) She felt smothered with kindness. ၾကင္နာၾကလြန္း၍ သူ အေနရက်ပ္သြား သည္၊ ။ ၂။ (သဲ စသည္ျဖင့္) အုပ္၍၊ ဖို႔၍ မီးၿငိႇမ္းသတ္ သည္။ 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။ (က်ိတ္ၿပီး) ခ်ဳပ္တည္းသည္၊ အုပ္သည္။ smother a yawn/smile/giggle ❍ I heard a smothered cry from the next room. ၄။ ~ sth/sb with/in sth မႊန္းသည္၊ လႊမ္းသည္။ a pudding smothered in cream ❍ smother a child with kisses. ကေလးကို အနမ္းမိုးရြာလိုက္ သည္။

Examples

1. The meat was smothered in thick sauce.
2. A garden smothered with weeds
3. [smother someone with kisses] : Linda smothered the child with kisses.
4. Emma smothered a laugh.
5. He accused his mother of smothering him as a child.