1. smother - noun
· a confused multitude of things
Synonym(s): clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare%27s_nest, welter
Hypernym(s): disorderliness, disorder
2. smother - noun
· a stifling cloud of smoke
3. smother - verb
· envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
Synonym(s): surround
Hypernym(s): cover
4. smother - verb
· deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
Synonym(s): asphyxiate, suffocate
Hypernym(s): kill
5. smother - verb
· suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
Synonym(s): stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Hypernym(s): inhibit, bottle_up, suppress
6. smother - verb
· form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
Hypernym(s): cover, spread_over
7. smother - verb
· deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
Synonym(s): put_out
Hypernym(s): snuff_out, extinguish
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