smoren
Meaning
- (transitive) to smother, to suffocate, to deprive of oxygen
- (transitive) to muffle, to repress, to diminish, to die out
- (ambitransitive) to braise
- (Belgium, colloquial) to smoke weed
Concepts
Synonyms
verkroppen
doen stikken
braiseren
Translations
ersticken
étouffer
estrangular
sofocar
sufocarFrequency
Etymology
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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