smother (smÊÃ°ÉÊ³ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense smothers , present participle smothering , past tense , past participle smothered. 1. verb. If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
Definition of acrylic. 1  1a : acrylic resinb : a paint in which the vehicle is an acrylic resinc : a painting done in an acrylic resin. 2  2 : acrylic fiber.
Polyacrylamide is a polymer (-CH2CHCONH2-) formed from acrylamide subunits, it is long-chain polymer (same molecule repeating itself many times) designed to attract either positively charged particles (organic materials, such as carbon or human waste) or negatively charged particles (inert materials, such as sand or clay).