Verb
1. envelop completely;
"smother the meat in gravy"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"3. conceal or hide;
"smother a yawn""muffle one's anger""strangle a yawn"4. form an impenetrable cover over;
"the butter cream smothered the cake"5. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion;
"smother fires"