What is the meaning of smother?

noun

• A confused multitude of things.
  • synonyms: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter
• A stifling cloud of smoke.

verb

• Envelop completely.
  • usage: "smother the meat in gravy"
  • synonyms: surround
• Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.
  • usage: "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
  • synonyms: asphyxiate, suffocate
• Conceal or hide.
  • usage: "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
  • synonyms: stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
• Form an impenetrable cover over.
  • usage: "the butter cream smothered the cake"
• Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion.
  • usage: "smother fires"
  • synonyms: put out