verb🔗Shareخنق، كتمTo suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."The heavy blanket smothered me in my sleep, making it hard to breathe. "الغطاء الثقيل خنقني في نومي، مما جعل التنفس صعبًا.physiologybodymedicineactionconditionsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareخنق، أخمدTo extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."to smother a fire with ashes"لإخماد النار بالرماد.actionprocessnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareخنق، قمعTo reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish"The heavy workload completely smothered his enthusiasm for the new job. "أخمد عبء العمل الثقيل حماسه للوظيفة الجديدة تمامًا.actionconditionprocesssituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareطهي في طبق مغلقIn cookery: to cook in a close dish."beefsteak smothered with onions"شريحة لحم بقري مطهوة مع البصل في طبق مغلقfoodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareلطخ، دهنTo daub or smear."The toddler smothered his face with mashed potatoes during lunch. "لطخ الطفل الصغير وجهه بالبطاطا المهروسة أثناء الغداء.appearanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareاختنقTo be suffocated."The firefighter pulled the person from the burning building before they were smothered by the thick smoke. "سحب رجل الإطفاء الشخص من المبنى المحترق قبل أن يختنق بالدخان الكثيف.physiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareاختنقTo breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like."The firefighter coughed, feeling smothered by the thick smoke inside the burning building. "سعل رجل الإطفاء، وشعر بالاختناق بسبب الدخان الكثيف داخل المبنى المحترق.physiologysensationbodymedicineenvironmentdisasterconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareتوهج، اشتعل ببطء(of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire, left unattended, slowly smothered under a thick layer of ash. "توهج معسكر النار، الذي ترك دون مراقبة، ببطء تحت طبقة سميكة من الرماد.natureprocessconditioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareخنق، قمعTo perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed."The small fire was smothered by the thick blanket, preventing it from spreading. "تم إخماد الحريق الصغير بالبطانية السميكة، مما منعه من الانتشار.conditionphysiologybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareصد ضربة الكرةTo get in the way of a kick of the ball."The defender smothered the attacker's kick, preventing the ball from going towards the goal. "صد المدافع ضربة المهاجم، مما منع الكرة من الذهاب نحو المرمى.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareصد التسديدةTo get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away."The defender smothered the forward's shot by quickly getting his hands over the ball right after it left her foot, stopping it from going to the goal. "صد المدافع تسديدة المهاجم بوضع يديه بسرعة فوق الكرة مباشرة بعد أن غادرت قدمها، مما منعها من الذهاب إلى المرمى.sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
