1. (

• clutter ,
• jumble ,
• muddle ,
• fuddle ,
• mare's_nest ,
• welter ,
• smother

) a confused multitude of things ;

2. (

• smother

) a stifling cloud of smoke ;

1. (

• smother ,
• surround ,

) envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" ;

2. (

• smother ,
• asphyxiate ,
• suffocate

) 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" ;

3. (

• smother ,
• stifle ,
• strangle ,
• muffle ,
• repress

) suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear" ;

4. (

• smother

) form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake" ;

5. (

• smother ,
• put_out

) deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" ;