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: 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" [syn: {asphyxiate}, {suffocate}]
     3: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
        "strangle a yawn" [syn: {stifle}, {strangle}, {muffle}, {repress}]
     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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0