English dictionary

stifle

/'st/aI/f/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

noun.animal

Synonyms knee

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

conceal or hide

verb.contact

Synonyms muffle repress smother strangle

Source: WordNet 3.0
smother or suppress

verb.change

Examples
Stifle your curiosity.

Synonyms dampen

Antonyms excite stimulate

Source: WordNet 3.0
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

verb.contact

Synonyms asphyxiate choke suffocate

Source: WordNet 3.0
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

verb.change

Synonyms asphyxiate suffocate

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

verb

Source: webster1913
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

verb

Source: webster1913