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smother

['smʌðə] брит. / амер.

гл.
1. 1. душить, вызвать приступ удушья; задыхаться
  2. задохнуться
2. 1. гасить, тушить, ликвидировать
  2. сдерживать, подавлять (зевок, гнев)
3. покрывать; усеивать; осыпать
4. тушить (мясо, овощи и т. п.)
сущ.
1. 1. густое облако дыма или пыли
  2. тлеющая зола
2. 1. удушливый запах
  2. состояние удушья
3. столпотворение, неразбериха, сумбур
4. изобилие, обилие (чего-л.)
5. неясный, глухой шум

Examples from texts

He seemed suddenly to shrink together and broke into rapid, short sobs, which he tried at first to smother, but at last he sobbed aloud.
Он как-то вдруг весь съежился и начал часто, укороченно рыдать, сначала тая голос, а под конец громко всхлипывая.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

We also play smothers, and that's fun too: you stuff a pillow in someone's face and smother him, and he flails and splutters and when he gets away, he's all red and sweaty, and his hair's sticking out like a harpy's.
А еще мы в удушилочку играем, и тоже занимательно: подушкой на личико навалишься и душишь, а тот то, другой, брыкается, вырывается, а вырвется – весь такой красный, вспотевши, и волоса врозь, как у гарпии.
Tolstaya, Tatyana / The SlynxТолстая, Татьяна / Кысь
Кысь
Толстая, Татьяна
The Slynx
Tolstaya, Tatyana
© 2003 by Tatyana Tolstaya
© 2003 by Jamey Gambrell

Furthermore, Katherine had looked at her child with eyes untainted by the artificial enthusiasm with which most women smother their disappointments.
И в глазах Кэтрин, устремленных на ребенка, не было того фальшивого восторга, за которым молодые матери обычно прячут разочарование.
Steinbeck, John / The Pastures of HeavenСтейнбек, Джон / Райские пастбища
Райские пастбища
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
The Pastures of Heaven
Steinbeck, John
© John Stainbeck, 1932
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1960

So I was obliged to smother my just indignation, and to content myself by crushing the foul conspiracy, just at the moment it was about to be hatched.
Пришлось побороть справедливое возмущение и ограничиться тем, чтобы раздавить подлый заговор на корню.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq: written by himselfТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Записки Барри Линдона, эсквайра, писанные им самим
Записки Барри Линдона, эсквайра, писанные им самим
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq: written by himself
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation

If Pickerbaugh were here, he could crush, or lovingly smother, the opposition.
Пиккербо, будучи здесь, сумел бы раздавить — или ласково задушить — оппозицию.
Lewis, Sinclair / ArrowsmithЛьюис, Синклер / Эрроусмит
Эрроусмит
Льюис, Синклер
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1956
Arrowsmith
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2002 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
© 1925 by Harcourt, Inc.
© renewed 1953 by Michael Lewis

It was to stifle them in myself, to still them, to smother them.
Чтоб утолить в себе их, дрался, чтоб их усмирить, сдавить.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

They have to smother the stench somehow.
Надо забивать вонь.
Lukyanenko, Sergei / The Last WatchЛукьяненко, Сергей / Последний Дозор
Последний Дозор
Лукьяненко, Сергей
The Last Watch
Lukyanenko, Sergei

Brin screamed, an animal-like cry, but then clasped the book to her as if she might smother the fire against her own body.
Словно раненый зверь, закричала Брин и еще крепче прижала книгу к себе, как будто хотела собственным телом потушить огонь, испепеляющий Идальч.
Brooks, Terry / The Wishsong of ShannaraБрукс, Терри / Песнь Шаннары
Песнь Шаннары
Брукс, Терри
The Wishsong of Shannara
Brooks, Terry
© 1985 by Terrence D. Brooks

They raised their pile of dry brush and damp weeds higher and higher, and when they saw the thick cloud begin to roll up and smother the tree, they broke out in a storm of joy-clamors.
Осаждающие навалили вокруг дерева груду сухого хвороста и, увидев, что густое облако дыма окутало ствол и поползло вверх, огласили воздух радостными кликами.
Twain, Mark / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtТвен, Марк / Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура
Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура
Твен, Марк
© Н. Чуковский. Наследники. 2010
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Twain, Mark
© 2009 by Seven Treasures Publications

The barque heeled over until her lee rail touched the water, and lay so for a minute or more in a smother of foam.
Барк накренился так, что фальшборт коснулся воды, и чуть ли не минуту оставался в этом положении среди бешено кипящей пены.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Firm Of GirdlestoneКонан Дойль, Артур / Торговый Дом Гердлстон
Торговый Дом Гердлстон
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Firm Of Girdlestone
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 1889 by John W. Lowell

I imagine it: the still, still, dark, dark garden, and in the stillness, faintly audible, smothered sobbing..."
Воображаю: тихий-тихий, темный-темный сад, и в тишине едва слышатся глухие рыдания...
Чехов, А.П. / СтудентChekhov, A. / The student
The student
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Студент
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

“And you, you spineless, skirt-smothered—if your elder brother had lived—”
— А ты, ты — безвольная тряпка… Если бы твой старший брат был жив…
Bujold, Lois McMaster / BarrayarБуджолд, Лоис Макмастер / Барраяр
Барраяр
Буджолд, Лоис Макмастер
© 1991 by Lois McMaster Bujold
© перевод Т.Л. Черезовой, 1996
Barrayar
Bujold, Lois McMaster
© 1991 by Lois McMaster Bujold

A fine state you are in, with your shoes all white and your cassock smothered in dust!
Нечего сказать, хороши! Башмаки запылились, рясы под пылью не видать!
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

He smothers me in a hug, his cologne like another set of arms.
Мужчина, обнимая, чуть ли не душит меня, а запах одеколона обволакивает не хуже, чем еще один комплект его рук.
Gregory, Daryl / Second Person, Present TenseГрегори, Дэрил / Второе лицо, настоящее время
Второе лицо, настоящее время
Грегори, Дэрил
© 2006 by Gardner Dozois
© Н. Киктенко, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
Second Person, Present Tense
Gregory, Daryl
© 2006 by Gardner Dozois
© 2005 by Dell Magazines

The flames flickered with difficulty against the smothering effect of the athermal coating, sprayed on all exposed surfaces the day before.
Пламя с большим трудом пыталось распространиться из-за пламегасящего эффекта атермального покрытия, распыленного по всем открытым поверхностям днем ранее.
Dickson, Gordon / The OutposterДиксон, Гордон / Пограничник
Пограничник
Диксон, Гордон
The Outposter
Dickson, Gordon
© 1972 by Gordon R. Dickson

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'smʌðəVerbдушить; вызвать приступ удушья; задыхаться

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Collocations

smother up

скрывать

to smother with smoke

задыхаться от дыма

smother in caresses

заласкать

smother with caresses

затискать

cover / smother with kisses

зацеловать

smother with kisses

расцеловать

to smother

умирать от удушья

smother the fire

подавить огонь

smothered mate

спертый мат

steam-smothering

паротушение

steam-smothering

тушение паром

steam-smothering line

пожарный паропровод

fire smothering steam

пар для тушения пожара

foam smothering system

система пенотушения

inert-gas smothering system

система тушения пожара инертным газом

Word forms

smother

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	smother	smothers
Possessive case	smother's	smothers'

smother

verb

Basic forms
Past	smothered
Imperative	smother
Present Participle (Participle I)	smothering
Past Participle (Participle II)	smothered

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I smother	we smother
you smother	you smother
he/she/it smothers	they smother

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am smothering	we are smothering
you are smothering	you are smothering
he/she/it is smothering	they are smothering

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have smothered	we have smothered
you have smothered	you have smothered
he/she/it has smothered	they have smothered

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been smothering	we have been smothering
you have been smothering	you have been smothering
he/she/it has been smothering	they have been smothering

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I smothered	we smothered
you smothered	you smothered
he/she/it smothered	they smothered

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was smothering	we were smothering
you were smothering	you were smothering
he/she/it was smothering	they were smothering

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had smothered	we had smothered
you had smothered	you had smothered
he/she/it had smothered	they had smothered

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been smothering	we had been smothering
you had been smothering	you had been smothering
he/she/it had been smothering	they had been smothering

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will smother	we shall/will smother
you will smother	you will smother
he/she/it will smother	they will smother

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be smothering	we shall/will be smothering
you will be smothering	you will be smothering
he/she/it will be smothering	they will be smothering

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have smothered	we shall/will have smothered
you will have smothered	you will have smothered
he/she/it will have smothered	they will have smothered

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been smothering	we shall/will have been smothering
you will have been smothering	you will have been smothering
he/she/it will have been smothering	they will have been smothering

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would smother	we should/would smother
you would smother	you would smother
he/she/it would smother	they would smother

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be smothering	we should/would be smothering
you would be smothering	you would be smothering
he/she/it would be smothering	they would be smothering

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have smothered	we should/would have smothered
you would have smothered	you would have smothered
he/she/it would have smothered	they would have smothered

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been smothering	we should/would have been smothering
you would have been smothering	you would have been smothering
he/she/it would have been smothering	they would have been smothering

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am smothered	we are smothered
you are smothered	you are smothered
he/she/it is smothered	they are smothered

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being smothered	we are being smothered
you are being smothered	you are being smothered
he/she/it is being smothered	they are being smothered

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been smothered	we have been smothered
you have been smothered	you have been smothered
he/she/it has been smothered	they have been smothered

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was smothered	we were smothered
you were smothered	you were smothered
he/she/it was smothered	they were smothered

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being smothered	we were being smothered
you were being smothered	you were being smothered
he/she/it was being smothered	they were being smothered

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been smothered	we had been smothered
you had been smothered	you had been smothered
he/she/it had been smothered	they had been smothered

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be smothered	we shall/will be smothered
you will be smothered	you will be smothered
he/she/it will be smothered	they will be smothered

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been smothered	we shall/will have been smothered
you will have been smothered	you will have been smothered
he/she/it will have been smothered	they will have been smothered

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