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Search phrase: smother

Plays

 7 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL I.ii.276Thus must I from the smoke into the smother,Thus must I from the smoake into the smother,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.197To smother up his beauty from the world,To smother vp his Beauty from the world,
Henry VH5 IV.v.20To smother up the English in our throngs,To smother vp the English in our throngs,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.110Though ne'er so cunningly you smother it.Though ne're so cunningly you smother it.
Much Ado About NothingMA IV.i.110Smother her spirits up.Smother her spirits vp.
PericlesPer I.i.107What being more known grows worse, to smother it.What being more knowne, growes worse, to smother it.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.133And in the breath of bitter words let's smotherAnd in the breath of bitter words, let's smother

Poems

 3 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.634 Their own transgressions partially they smother. Their own transgressions partiallie they smother,
SonnetsSonn.47.4 Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother, Or heart in loue with sighes himselfe doth smother;
Venus and AdonisVen.18 And being set, I'll smother thee with kisses; And being set, Ile smother thee with kisses.

Glossary

 4 result(s).
chokesmother, suffocate, stifle
chokesmother, suffocate, stifle
smothersuffocating smoke
smotherconceal, hide, cover up

Thesaurus

 2 result(s).
smotherchoke
smotherchoke

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SMOTHERBASICsmother n, smother v, smothered adj, smothering n

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