Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which soothes; especially (in obsolete use), a flatterer.
Wiktionary
- adj. archaic comparative form of sooth: more sooth, truer.
- n. One who, or that which, soothes.
- n. Canada A plastic device that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.
- v. To soothe.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, soothes.
Examples
“Yes folks, I'm rewatching West Wing as my brain soother before turning in after working all day.”
“In fact, I have found that for my child who does not feel the need to sleep, the lure of the soother is a remarkable way to get him to bed.”
“The bassinet stands close to the machine, that the girl mother may push it gently when baby is cross, and that she may reach the "soother" and replace it when it falls from baby's mouth.”
“The early goal from Theo Walcott had been the perfect soother but roars followed the team's every low ebb.”
“Hugging Toto was usually a surefire soother, but not this time.”
“Such pressures prompted Gray to hold nine town-hall-style meetings, treading a difficult line as candidate, presumptive mayor-elect and soother while pledging to bridge the city's racial, class and geographic differences.”
The Washington Post: For Gray, a methodical path to the mayor's office
“Chewed bits of soother emerge in the VAMPIRE DROOL.”
“Drink peppermint tea, an excellent stomach soother if you've eaten too much.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Andrew Weil: How To Relieve Indigestion--Naturally
“It was a chance for me to be the most important person in the world to her—her comforter, her soother, her mother.”
“And Carolyn Fraser has been many things: soother of nerves, font of ideas, tireless listener, adventurous travel companion, source of much laughter.”
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Irish English that's not in American ...
Well-known phrases in Irish English that aren't understood in American English.
or next offer, hoover, plaster, soother, chimnea, craic, bits and bobs, grinds, jumper, mum, chancer, ticks all the boxes and 60 more...
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The Other
Anything with to do with the word "other," or any sort of otherness (including words with the letters o-t-h-e-r, in that order, in their definitions).
other, Constitutive Other, The Other, Other, The Others, otherwise, othering, another, otherworldly, other-worldly, otherways, otherness and 35 more...
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tuckerhjc's list
soother
blanket
nap
night
new Maya
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jodi For AmE, use pacifier instead Mar 31, 2011