Stifle Meaning in Spanish
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• Stifle
Definition & Meaning - (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
- (v. i.) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
- (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.
• Stifled
Definition & Meaning - (a.) Stifling.
- (imp. & p. p.) of Stifle
• Stifler
Definition & Meaning - (n.) See Camouflet.
- (n.) One who, or that which, stifles.
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