Smother
81strangle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. choke, garrotte, stifle, suffocate; suppress, repress; squeeze, constrict, strangulate. See killing, closure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To choke] Syn. asphyxiate, suffocate, smother, kill; see choke 1 …
82suffocate — suffocate, asphyxiate, stifle, smother, choke, strangle, throttle can all mean to interrupt the normal course of breathing. Suffocate commonly refers to conditions in which breathing is impossible through lack of available oxygen or through… …
83stifle — stifle1 [stī′fəl] vt. stifled, stifling [altered (prob. infl. by ON stīfla, to stop up: for IE base see STIFF) < ME stuflen, freq. formation < MFr estouffer, to smother < VL * stuppare, to stuff up (see STOP), infl. by * extufare, to… …
84Smoor — Smoor, v. t. [AS. smorian; akin to D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew. Cf. {Smother}.] To suffocate or smother. [Written also {smore}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir T. More. Burns. [1913 Webster] …
85smore — Smoor Smoor, v. t. [AS. smorian; akin to D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew. Cf. {Smother}.] To suffocate or smother. [Written also {smore}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir T. More. Burns. [1913 Webster] …
86stifle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee see horse illustration II. verb (stifled; stifling) Etymology: alteration of… …
87Contract bridge — Bridge declarer play Alternative name(s) Bridge Type trick taking Players 4 Skill(s) require …
88Charles Goren — Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in… …
89Sudden infant death syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 R95 ICD 9 798.0 …
90Squeeze play (bridge) — A squeeze play (or squeeze) is a type of play late in the hand of contract bridge and other trick taking game in which the play of a card (the squeeze card) forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks. The discarded card …
