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Definition of Stifle
1. Verb. Conceal or hide. "Strangle a yawn"
Generic synonyms: Conquer, Curb, Inhibit, Stamp Down, Subdue, Suppress
Derivative terms: Smotherer, Stifler, Stifling
2. Noun. Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee.
3. Verb. Smother or suppress. "Stifle your curiosity"
Specialized synonyms: Choke, Suffocate
Generic synonyms: Conquer, Curb, Inhibit, Stamp Down, Subdue, Suppress
Derivative terms: Stifler
Antonyms: Stimulate
4. Verb. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Choking, Suffocation, Suffocative
5. Verb. Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. "The child suffocated under the pillow"
Generic synonyms: Buy The Farm, Cash In One's Chips, Choke, Conk, Croak, Decease, Die, Drop Dead, Exit, Expire, Give-up The Ghost, Go, Kick The Bucket, Pass, Pass Away, Perish, Pop Off, Snuff It
Specialized synonyms: Strangle
Related verbs: Asphyxiate, Smother, Suffocate
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Asphyxiation, Suffocation, Suffocative
Definition of Stifle
1. n. The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
2. v. t. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
3. v. i. To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
Definition of Stifle
1. Noun. A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses. ¹
2. Noun. (veterinary medicine) A bone disease of this region. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To interrupt or cut off. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To repress, keep in or hold back. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To smother or suffocate. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To feel smothered etc. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To die of suffocation. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stifle
1. to smother [v -FLED, -FLING, -FLES] - See also: smother
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