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According to WordNet, the verb "smother" has 5 sense(s).

201568630 conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn".

201569017 deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires".

201568886 envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy".

201569181 deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor".

202749633 form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake".


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