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smother

('sm/@//D//@/r )

a confused multitude of things(noun.state)

source: wordnet30
a stifling cloud of smoke(noun.phenomenon)

source: wordnet30
Stifling smoke; thick dust.(noun)

source: webster1913
That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.(noun)

source: webster1913

envelop completely(verb.contact)

Example:
Smother the meat in gravy.

Synonym:
surround

source: wordnet30
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing(verb.contact)

Example:
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow.

Synonym:
asphyxiate, suffocate

source: wordnet30
conceal or hide(verb.contact)

Example:
Smother a yawn.

Synonym:
muffle, repress, stifle, strangle

source: wordnet30
form an impenetrable cover over(verb.stative)

Example:
The butter cream smothered the cake.

source: wordnet30
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion(verb.contact)

Example:
Smother fires.

Synonym:
put out

source: wordnet30
To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be suffocated or stifled.(verb)

source: webster1913

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