Definitions for stifle

Overview of noun stifle

The noun stifle has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. stifle, knee

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

Overview of verb stifle

The verb stifle has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress

(conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")

2. (1) stifle, dampen

(smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity")

3. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke

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

4. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate

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