Crossword clues for smothered
smothered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
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.
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.
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: smother)
WordNet
adj. held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" [syn: stifled, strangled, suppressed]
completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"
Wikipedia
"Smothered" is a single by nu metal band Spineshank. It was only released in the United States in CD format. The music video features the band performing in a room while they are filmed by numerous hidden cameras, which they find and destroy. The song was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards.
Category:2003 singles Category:Spineshank songs Category:2003 songs Category:Song recordings produced by Garth Richardson Category:Roadrunner Records singles
Smothered is a 2016 horror movie that was directed and written by John Schneider. The movie stars Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, R. A. Mihailoff, Malcolm Danare, and Don Shanks as several horror icons that find themselves the focus of a murderous hunt.
Usage examples of "smothered".
With his lips he smothered hers, kissing her until he felt her lips soften, the eddy of her breath swirling with his.
She smothered a yawn, not inclined to leave the comfort of the bed so soon despite the hour.
The oppressive pall of fear that had smothered the people was dissolved at last.
Soft arms were flung around his neck, his sweaty, sooty face was smothered in plump and delicious kisses.
He took a handful of her hair and smothered the remainder of the sentence.
Thus the limit-age, so that the People would not be faced with a choice between an intolerable smothered existence and a virtual prohibition against new births.
When she woke to find herself smothered in dark cloth, encircled by strong arms, Elf thought he was up to yet more wickedness, but something she did not care for.
The barrage was then moved in, paragraph by paragraph, until the vyrus was forced into a single sentence, then a word, then smothered completely.
The wall of dictionaries is then moved in, paragraph by paragraph, until the vyrus is forced into a single sentence, then a word, then smothered completely.
I heard Pip curse, and then more thumps and shouts as he smothered the fire with his cape.
Obligingly he sank back in, penetrating deeply, feeling her close tightly around him, hearing her smothered cry.
Thus adjured, the old man peered up at Theos inquisitively, wiping away the tears that coughing had brought into his eyes, and after a minute or two began also to laugh in a smothered, chuckling way,--a laugh that resembled the croaking of frogs in a marshy pool.
Theos, not to be outdone by his companion in physical courage, bent forward and stroked the cruel-looking beast, who, while submitting to his caress, never for a moment ceased her smothered snarling.
The other girls looked up for an instant, then ducked their heads and hauled her forward among smothered gales of laughter.
With her head still smothered in exhaustion and experience, she drifted through the silent corridor to her room, where she stripped to her chemise and fell into bed.