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Word: stifle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
  • veterinary medicine A bone disease of this region.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To die of suffocation.
  • intransitive To feel smothered etc.
  • transitive To interrupt or cut off.
  • transitive To repress, keep in or hold back.
  • transitive To smother or suffocate.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »