Definition of stifle Stifle

/stajˈfʌl/ - [stayful] - sti•fle

We found 21 definitions of stifle from 5 different sources.

What does stifle mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: stifles
stifle - joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
		knee
		articulatio, articulation, joint the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
Verb stifles, stifling, stifled
stifle - smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
		dampen
		stimulate, excite cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
		stamp down, conquer, curb, inhibit, suppress, subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"
		suffocate, choke feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
stifle - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
		suffocate, asphyxiate
		buy the farm, perish, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, snuff it, drop dead, decease, cash in one's chips, pop off, pass away, expire, exit, croak, conk, die, choke, pass, go leave quickly
		strangle die from strangulation
stifle - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
		suffocate, asphyxiate, choke
		obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, close up, jam, block be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
stifle - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
		smother, strangle, muffle, repress
		stamp down, conquer, curb, inhibit, suppress, subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

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Wiktionary

stifle (Noun)
A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
stifle (Noun)
A bone disease of this region.
stifle (Verb)
To interrupt or cut off .
stifle (Verb)
To repress, keep in or hold back .
stifle (Verb)
To smother or suffocate.
stifle (Verb)
To feel smothered etc.
stifle (Verb)
To die of suffocation.
stifle (Verb)
To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

stifle (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.
stifle (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.
stifle (v. t.)
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
stifle (v. t.)
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
stifle (v. i.)
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

stifle
stī′fl, v.t. to stop the breath of by foul air or other means: to suffocate, smother: to extinguish: to suppress the sound of: to destroy: to suppress, conceal.—v.i. to suffocate.—adj. Stī′fling, close, oppressive. [Scand., Ice. stífla, to choke up; Norw. stivla.]
stifle
stī′fl, n. the knee-joint on a horse's hind-leg, a disease of his knee-pan. [Perh. stiff.]