Definitions of stifle [ˈstaɪ fəl]

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Definition of 'stifle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) stifle
to quell, crush, or end by force.

2.  stifle
to suppress, curb, or withhold:
to stifle a yawn.

3.  stifle
to kill by impeding respiration; smother.

4. (v.i.) stifle
to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere.

5.  stifle
to become stifled or suffocated.

6. (n.) stifle
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding to the human knee. Also called stifle joint..

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME, of uncert. orig.)

Definition of 'stifle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) stifle, knee
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

2. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

3. (verb) stifle, dampen
smother or suppress
"Stifle your curiosity"

4. (verb) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

5. (verb) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
"The child suffocated under the pillow"

Definition of 'stifle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stifle
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

2. (verb) stifle
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

3. (verb) stifle
to stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame

4. (verb) stifle
to suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion

5. (verb) stifle
to die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration

Definition of 'stifle'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. stifle
In horses, cattle, and other quadrupeds, the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding to the human knee.

Translation of 'stifle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to prevent, or be prevented, from breathing (easily) eg because of bad air, an obstruction over the mouth and nose etc; to suffocate He was stifled to death when smoke filled his bedroom; I'm stifling in this heat!
Afrikaans: versmoor	Arabic: يَخْنُق، يُخْمِد	Bulgarian: задушавам (се)
Brazilian: sufocar	Czech: dusit (se)	German: ersticken
Danish: kvæle	Greek: ασφυκτιώ, προκαλώ ασφυξία	Spanish: ahogar, sofocar
Estonian: lämmatama, lämbuma	Farsi: خفه شدن	Finnish: tukehduttaa
French: étouffer	Hebrew: לְהֵיחָנֵק, לְהַחֲנִיק	Hindi: रोकना, दबा लेना
Croatian: ugušiti, udaviti	Hungarian: megfojt; (szenvedőben:) m	Indonesian: menghambat pernapasan
Icelandic: kæfa; kafna	Italian: soffocare	Japanese: 窒息させる
Korean: 질식하다	Lithuanian: (už)dusti, (už)dusinti	Latvian: smakt; nosmakt; nosmacēt
Malay: tercekik	Dutch: smoren	Norwegian: kvele(s), bli kvalt
Polish: dusić (się)	Portuguese: sufocar	Romanian: a sufoca
Russian: душить; задыхаться	Slovak: dusiť (sa)	Slovenian: zadušiti se
Serbian: gušiti se	Swedish: kväva[s]	Thai: ทำให้หายใจไม่ออก
Turkish: boğ(ul)mak, nefesi(ni) tı	Taiwanese: 使窒息	Ukrainian: задихатися
Urdu: دم گھونٹنا	Vietnamese: làm ngột ngạt, khó thở	Chinese: 使窒息
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