smother
noun
1. a confused multitude of things
Similar word(s): clutter, fuddle, jumble, muddle, welter
Definition categories: state, disorder, disorderliness
2. a stifling cloud of smoke
Definition categories: phenomenon, fume, smoke
verb
1. envelop completely
- smother the meat in gravy
Similar word(s): surround
Definition categories: contact, cover
2. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
Similar word(s): asphyxiate, suffocate
Definition categories: contact, kill
3. suppress in order to conceal or hide
- smother a yawn
Similar word(s): muffle, repress, stifle, strangle
Definition categories: contact, inhibit, suppress
4. form an impenetrable cover over
- the butter cream smothered the cake
Definition categories: stative, cover
5. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- smother fires
Definition categories: contact, extinguish