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stifle in English
- stifle⇄noun stifler.
- stifle⇄stifle (1), verb, -fled,-fling.
- stifle⇄stifle (2), noun, ?orstifle joint
the joint of the upper hind leg of various animals, such as horses or dogs, corresponding to the knee of a human being. - stifle⇄v.i. 1. to be unable to breathe freely.
Ex. I am stifling in this hot room. (Figurative.) Brother, the creed would stifle me That shelters you (Karle Wilson).
(SYN) choke, strangle.
2. to die or become unconscious by being unable to b - stifle⇄v.t. 1a. to stop the breath of; smother; suffocate.
Ex. The smoke stifled the firemen.
(SYN) strangle.
b. to choke to death.
(SYN) strangle.
2. to keep back or down; stop; suppress.
Ex. to stifle a cry, stifle a ya