Definitions for stifled
  • 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.
  • Stifled (a.) - Stifling.
  • Stifled (imp. & p. p.) - of Stifle
  • Stifledly - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Stifles - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Stifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Stifle
  • Stiflingly - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Stiflings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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