Hyphenation of smothered
How to hyphenate smothered
smothered is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, smothered is hyphenated as:
- Syllables Count
- 2
- Characters Count
- 9
- Alpha-numeric Characters Count
- 9
- Hyphens Count
- 1
Definitions of smothered
- verb To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- verb To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
Example: to smother a fire with ashes
- verb To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
Synonyms: conceal, "cover up", hide, stifle
Example: The committee's report was smothered.
- verb In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
Example: beefsteak smothered with onions
- verb To daub or smear.
- verb To be suffocated.
- verb To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- verb (of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- verb To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- verb To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- verb To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
Words nearby smothered
- smorgasbords
- smorzando
- smorzato
- smote
- smother
- smother-kiln
- smotherable
- smotheration
- (smothered)
- smotherer
- smotheriness
- smothering
- smotheringly
- smothers
- smothery
- smotter
- smouch
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What is hyphenation
Hyphenation is the process of dividing words across lines in print or on websites. It involves inserting hyphens (-) where a word breaks to continue on the next line.
Proper hyphenation improves readability by reducing the unevenness of word spacing and unnecessary large gaps. It also helps avoid confusion that may occur when part of a word carries over. Ideal hyphenation should break words according to pronunciation and syllables. Most word processors and publishing apps have automated tools to handle hyphenation effectively based on language rules and dictionaries. Though subtle, proper hyphenation improves overall typography and reading comfort.