smother

Meanings

• a confused multitude of things
• a stifling cloud of smoke
• envelop completely
  • "smother the meat in gravy"
• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  • "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
• conceal or hide
  • "smother a yawn"
• form an impenetrable cover over
  • "the butter cream smothered the cake"
• deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
  • "smother fires"

Synonyms

asphyxiate, clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, muffle, put out, repress, stifle, strangle, suffocate, surround, welter