smoren

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) to smother, to suffocate, to deprive of oxygen
  2. (transitive) to muffle, to repress, to diminish, to die out
  3. (ambitransitive) to braise
  4. (Belgium, colloquial) to smoke weed

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Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle Dutch smoren, from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).

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