English to English
adjective
- Suffocated; choked.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow.
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
source: WordNet 3.0
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village.
source: WordNet 3.0
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
His job suffocated him.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow.
source: WordNet 3.0
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating.
source: WordNet 3.0
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
He swallowed a fishbone and gagged.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
source: Webster 1913
- To become choked, stifled, or smothered.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [séfoket] Uminis; inisín
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
