English to English
noun
- joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- conceal or hide
Smother a yawn.
Muffle one's anger.
Strangle a yawn.
source: WordNet 3.0
- smother or suppress
Stifle your curiosity.
source: WordNet 3.0
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [stifl] Sugpuin; patayin; ang anomang nagniningas
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espaņol-Tagalog
