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stifle

('st/aI/f/@/l )

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee(noun.animal)

Synonym:
knee

source: wordnet30
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)

Synonym:
muffle, repress, smother, strangle

source: wordnet30
smother or suppress(verb.change)

Example:
Stifle your curiosity.

Synonym:
dampen
Antonym:
excite, stimulate

source: wordnet30
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of(verb.contact)

Synonym:
asphyxiate, choke, suffocate

source: wordnet30
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen(verb.change)

Synonym:
asphyxiate, suffocate

source: wordnet30
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

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