1. [n]  a stifling cloud of smoke
2. [n]  a confused multitude of things
3. [v]  conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
4. [v]  envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
5. [v]  deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
6. [v]  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"
7. [v]  form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"

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1. \Smoth"er\, n.
   That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as
   smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of
   things.
         Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the
         evening and the smoke and smother of the storm. --The
                                                  Century.
   

2. \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smothered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Smothering}.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
   {Smoor}.]
   1. 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.
   2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air
      by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like;
      as, to smother a fire.
   3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
      view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
      displeasure.
   

3. \Smoth"er\, v. i.
   1. To be suffocated or stifled.
   2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
   

4. \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See {Smother}, v. t.]
   1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak.
   2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
            Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon.
   {Smother fly} (Zo["o]l.), an aphid.