To stifle is to cut off, hold back, or smother. You may stifle your cough if you don't want to interrupt a lecture or you may stifle the competition if you fear losing.
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
Noun
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
Verb
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
Verb
smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
Verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Verb
conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one''s anger"; "strangle a yawn"
n.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
v. t.
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother;
to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle
passion.
v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or
because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
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Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room.2.
Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit.3.
I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
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You shall stifle in your own report.
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
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;
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
Usage Examples
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.
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Other Usage ExamplesScience exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.
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