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stifling
(encz) | stifling,dusný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
stifling
(encz) | stifling,potlačující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Stifling
(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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stifling
(wn) | stifling
adj 1: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the
summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling
atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a
thunderstorm" [syn: sultry, stifling, sulfurous,
sulphurous]
n 1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
"the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the
rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn:
suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling] |
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stiflingly
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Stifling
(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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