İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. f. boğmak; boğulmak. (havasizliktan) bogulmak; bogmak. boğ. boğ. f. boğmak; boğulmak.
2. Soluk alışı önleme suretiyle boğmak,.
3. Soluk alamama sebebiyle boğulmak. boğmak, söndürmek, boğulmak, tıkanmak, hava alamamak, bunalmak.
4. bunalmak, hava alamamak, boğulmak, söndürmek, tıkanmak, boğmak.
5. (havasızlıktan) boğulmak. boğmak.
6. boğmak. nefesini kesmek. boğulmak. nefes alamamak. nefessiz kalıp ölmek.
7. boğ.

Etymology : Middle English, from Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare to choke, stifle, from sub- + fauces throat
Pronunciation : 's&-f&-"kAt
Function : verb
Date : 15th century

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1. smother, asphyxiate, kill by cutting of the oxygen supply; make it difficult to breathe; cause discomfort by cutting of the supply of fresh or cool air; stifle; be smothered. suffocate\suf"fo*cate\ , a. [l. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. cf. faucal.] suffocated; choked.suffocate \suf"fo*cate\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. suffocated ; p. pr. & vb. n. suffocating.].
2. to choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.
3. to destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.suffocate \suf"fo*cate\, v. i. to become choked, stifled, or smothered. "a swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." ollier.suffocate v.
4. 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" [syn: smother, asphyxiate].
5. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "the foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: asphyxiate, choke].
6. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "his job suffocated him".
7. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "the child suffocated under the pillow".
8. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "the room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating".
9. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke].
10. Suffocated; choked.
11. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
12. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
13. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating" be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children".
14. 1. If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. He either suffocated, or froze to death They were suffocated as they slept. + suffocation suf·fo·ca·tion Many of the victims died of suffocation.
15. If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe. That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room The airlessness of the room suffocated her.
16. You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.