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stifle
(mass) | stifle
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stifle
(encz) | stifle,dusit |
stifle
(encz) | stifle,udusit |
Stifle
(gcide) | Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla
to dam up.]
1. 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.
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Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
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I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
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2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
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I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.
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Stifle
(gcide) | Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
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.
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Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.
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Stifle
(gcide) | Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because
some noxious substance prevents respiration.
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You shall stifle in your own report. --Shak.
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stifle
(wn) | stifle
n 1: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
corresponds to the human knee [syn: stifle, knee]
v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
muffle, repress]
2: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn: stifle,
dampen] [ant: excite, stimulate]
3: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn:
suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]
4: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
suffocated under the pillow" [syn: suffocate, stifle,
asphyxiate] |
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Stifle
(gcide) | Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla
to dam up.]
1. 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.
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Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
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I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
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2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
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I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.
[1913 Webster]Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
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.
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Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.
[1913 Webster]Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because
some noxious substance prevents respiration.
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You shall stifle in your own report. --Shak.
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Stifle bone
(gcide) | Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
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.
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Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.
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stifle joint
(gcide) | Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From Stiff.] (Far.)
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.
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Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.
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Stifled
(gcide) | Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla
to dam up.]
1. 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.
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Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
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I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
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2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
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I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.
[1913 Webster]Stifled \Sti"fled\, a.
Stifling.
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The close and stifled study. --Hawthorne.
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stifled strangled suppressed
(gcide) | inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain
conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited.
[Narrower terms: {pent-up, repressed ; {stifled,
strangled, suppressed ] Also See: reserved,
restrained.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal
emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too
inhibited to make friends easily.
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Stifler
(gcide) | Stifler \Sti"fler\, n.
1. One who, or that which, stifles.
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2. (Mil.) See Camouflet.
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Unstifled
(gcide) | Unstifled \Unstifled\
See stifled. |
stifled
(wn) | stifled
adj 1: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a
stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed
laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, strangled,
suppressed] |
stifler
(wn) | stifler
n 1: a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; "he is a
real conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn
smotherers that it is time to stop" [syn: stifler,
smotherer] |
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