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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈstaɪfl/,


Noun

  1. A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.


Translations

Verb

  1. To interrupt or cut off.
  2. To repress, keep in or hold back.
  3. :The army stifled the rebellion.
  4. To smother or suffocate.
  5. :The heat was stifling.
  6. To feel smothered etc.
  7. To die of suffocation.
  8. :Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.


Translations

Category:Horses Category:English intransitive verbs Category:English transitive verbs

bg:stifle fr:stifle io:stifle id:stifle ru:stifle sv:stifle vi:stifle zh:stifle

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
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.
[1913 Webster]

Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla
to dam up.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]

2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
[1913 Webster]

Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
[1913 Webster]

I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because
some noxious substance prevents respiration.
[1913 Webster]

You shall stifle in your own report. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stifle
n : joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
corresponds to the human knee [syn: knee]
v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, strangle, muffle,
repress]
2: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn: dampen]
[ant: stimulate]
3: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate,
asphyxiate, choke]
4: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
suffocated under the pillow" [syn: suffocate, asphyxiate]
Moby Dictionary
abate , allay , alleviate , asphyxiate , assuage , attemper , bake ,
bank the fire , bar , barricade , be in heat , black out , blaze , block ,
block up , blockade , bloom , blow out , blunt , boil , bolt , bottle up ,
broil , burke , burn , censor , chasten , check , chock , choke ,
choke off , clamp down on , close , close off , close tight , close up ,
combust , constipate , constrain , constrict , control , cook , cork ,
cork up , cover up , crack down on , crowd , crush , curb , damp ,
damp down , dampen , de-emphasize , deaden , debar , demolish , destroy ,
diminish , dog , douse , downplay , drown , dull , dumbfound , extenuate ,
extinguish , flame , flame up , flare , flare up , flicker , flush , fry ,
gag , garrote , gasp , glow , hold back , hold down , hold in ,
hugger-mugger , hush , hush up , hush-hush , incandesce , inhibit , jam ,
jump on , keep back , keep down , keep under , keep within bounds ,
kill , lay , lenify , lessen , lighten , lock , mitigate , moderate ,
modulate , muffle , mute , muzzle , obstruct , obtund , occlude , out ,
pack , palliate , pant , parch , play down , pour water on , prevent ,
put down , put out , put to silence , quash , quell , quench , quiet ,
quieten , radiate heat , reduce , reduce the temperature , repress ,
restrain , roast , scald , scorch , seethe , shimmer with heat , shush ,
shut down on , shut off , shut out , shut tight , silence , simmer ,
sit down on , sit on , slack , slacken , slow down , smash , smolder ,
smother , snuff , snuff out , sober , sober down , soft-pedal , soften ,
spark , squash , squeeze , squeeze shut , squelch , stagnate , stamp out ,
stanch , steam , stew , still , stop , stop the breath , stop up ,
strangle , strangulate , strike dumb , stultify , subdue , sublimate ,
suffocate , suppress , sweat , swelter , tame , temper , throttle , toast ,
tone down , trammel , trample out , trample underfoot , tune down ,
underplay , weaken , withhold


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