Dictionary | 5 Results
#1 stifle v. [smother, strangle, muffle, repress] conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn". wn
#2 stifle v. [dampen] smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity". wn
#3 stifle n. [knee] joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. wn
#4 stifle v. [suffocate, asphyxiate, choke] impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children". wn
#5 stifle v. [suffocate, asphyxiate] be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow". wn
#2 stifle v. [dampen] smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity". wn
#3 stifle n. [knee] joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. wn
#4 stifle v. [suffocate, asphyxiate, choke] impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children". wn
#5 stifle v. [suffocate, asphyxiate] be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow". wn
