stifle

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• February 12. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  stifle — noun — english

  joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  stifle — verb — english

  suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  stifle — verb — english

  suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity; "Stifle your curiosity"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  stifle — verb — english

  impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  stifle — verb — english

  be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"