"smother" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smother.wav Forms: to smother [infinitive], smothers [present, third-person, singular], smothered [preterite], smothered [participle, past], smothering [participle, present]
  1. Étouffer.
    Sense id: fr-smother-en-verb-fFdTe3Ei
  2. Étouffer, éteindre un feu.
    Sense id: fr-smother-en-verb-hNGVc19q
  3. Étouffer, priver de parole, faire taire.
    Sense id: fr-smother-en-verb-Mc6ALx1S
  4. Cuire à l’étouffée.
    Sense id: fr-smother-en-verb-JypzSfi7 Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la cuisine Topics: cuisine
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smolder

Inflected forms

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    "Anciennement smothren, smorther, apparenté à smoren (« étouffer ») en néerlandais, schmoren (« cuire à petit feu, à l’étouffée ») en allemand."
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