ALL meanings of half-smothered
smoth·er
H h - verb with object half-smothered to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing. 0
- verb with object half-smothered to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air. 0
- verb with object half-smothered to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms. 0
- verb with object half-smothered to suppress or repress: to smother feelings. 0
- verb with object half-smothered Cookery. to steam (food) slowly in a heavy, tightly closed vessel with a minimum of liquid: smothered chicken and onions. 0
- verb without object half-smothered to become stifled or suffocated; be prevented from breathing. 0
- noun half-smothered dense, stifling smoke. 0
- noun half-smothered a smoking or smoldering state, as of burning matter. 0
- noun half-smothered dust, fog, spray, etc., in a dense or enveloping cloud. 0
- noun half-smothered an overspreading profusion of anything: a smother of papers. 0
- verb without object half-smothered to be stifled; be suppressed or concealed. -1