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1. (noun) clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
a confused multitude of things

2. (noun) smother
a stifling cloud of smoke

3. (verb) smother, surround
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"

4. (verb) 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"

5. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

6. (verb) smother
form an impenetrable cover over
"the butter cream smothered the cake"

7. (verb) smother, put out
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
"smother fires"

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