verb🔗ShareЗадушить, удушитьTo suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."The heavy blanket smothers me, making it hard to breathe. "Тяжелое одеяло душит меня, затрудняя дыхание.bodyphysiologyactionconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareЗадушить, потушитьTo extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."to smother a fire with ashes"Задушить огонь пеплом.actionprocessnaturephysicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareПодавлять, душить, гаситьTo reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish"The heavy workload smothers her creativity. "Большая нагрузка подавляет ее творчество.actionconditionmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareТушитьIn cookery: to cook in a close dish."beefsteak smothered with onions"Говяжий стейк, тушенный с лукомfoodutensilprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareМазать, намазыватьTo daub or smear."The artist smothers the canvas with paint, creating thick layers of color. "Художник мажет холст краской, создавая толстые слои цвета.appearancestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareЗадыхаться, душитьTo be suffocated."The heavy blanket smothers me in my sleep, making it hard to breathe. "Тяжелое одеяло душит меня во сне, затрудняя дыхание.bodyphysiologyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareЗадыхается, задыхаетсяTo breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like."The thick smoke from the burning building smothers anyone who tries to enter. "Густой дым от горящего здания душит любого, кто пытается войти.physiologybodysensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareТлеть(of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire smothers overnight, turning into a bed of warm, glowing embers. "Костёр тлеет всю ночь, превращаясь в ложе из теплых, тлеющих углей.energyphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareЗадыхаться, подавлятьTo perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed."The constant criticism from her boss smothers her creativity. "Постоянная критика со стороны ее начальника подавляет ее творчество.conditionactionbiologyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareБлокировать удар, мешать ударуTo get in the way of a kick of the ball."The defender smothered the player's attempted kick, preventing the goal. "Защитник заблокировал удар игрока, предотвратив гол.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareБлокировать ударTo 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 quickly smothers the forward's shot, preventing it from reaching the goal. "Защитник быстро блокирует удар нападающего, не давая мячу достичь ворот.sportactiongameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareТо, что душитThat which smothers or appears to smother, particularly"The smothers of the fire alarm kept everyone awake all night. "То, что душило от пожарной сигнализации, не давало никому спать всю ночь.massappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
