smoor

English

Alternative forms

• smore

Etymology

From Old English smorian, akin to Dutch and Low German smoren, German schmoren (“to stew”). Compare smother.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smʊə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Verb

smoor (third-person singular simple present smoors, present participle smooring, simple past and past participle smoored)

1. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To suffocate, smother, or extinguish

   smoor the fire

   • 1786, Robert Burns, The Brigs of Ayr:

     The death o' devils smoor'd wi' brimstone reek

References

• “smoor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Moors, Moros, moors, rooms

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːr

Verb

smoor

1. inflection of smoren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• Rooms