smother
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: {clutter}, {jumble}, {muddle},
{mare's nest}, {welter}]
2: a stifling cloud of smoke
v 1: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn: {surround}]
2: suffocate; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" [syn:
{asphyxiate}, {suffocate}]
3: conceal, suppress, or hide; "smother a yawn" [syn: {stifle},
{muffle}]
4: form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered
the cake"
5: deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother
fires" [syn: {put out}]