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smore

/smɔː(ɹ)/

smore verb: to smother. Also the alternative spelling of s'more.

Verb

smore (third-person singular simple present smores, present participle smoring, simple past and past participle smored)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To smother.
    • Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored.1584, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, translated by Thomas Hudson, Judith
    • 16th century, unknown writer, untitled ballad
      Loud, loud cried out the bonnie son,
      Stood at the nurse's knee,
      "Gie our your house, my mother dear,"
      The reek is smoring me!"

Also used as

smore is also the alternative spelling of s'more.

Forms of smore

Verb
third-person singular presentsmores
present participlesmoring
past participlesmored
pastsmored
Noun
pluralsmores

Origin of smore

See smoor.

Words that rhyme with smore

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about smore

What does smore mean?
Smore means to smother.
What part of speech is smore?
Smore is a verb.
How do you pronounce smore?
Smore is pronounced /smɔː(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of smore?
The past tense of smore is smored.

Words near smore in the dictionary

  1. smoover
  2. smoovest
  3. SMOP
  4. SMOPs
  5. SMOrc
  6. smore
  7. smored
  8. smores
  9. smorgasbord
  10. smorgasbords
  11. smoring

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