Main entry: smother
Definition: a stifling cloud of smoke
Main entry: jumble, mare's nest, welter, smother, clutter, muddle, fuddle
Definition: a confused multitude of things
Main entry: repress, smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
Definition: conceal or hide
Usage: smother a yawn; muffle one's anger; strangle a yawn
Definition: envelop completely
Usage: smother the meat in gravy
Definition: deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Usage: smother fires
Main entry: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
Definition: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Usage: Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow; The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
Main entry: smother
Definition: form an impenetrable cover over
Usage: the butter cream smothered the cake