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Meaning of stifle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stifle
      n 1: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
           corresponds to the human knee [syn: {stifle}, {knee}]
      v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
           "strangle a yawn" [syn: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle},
           {muffle}, {repress}]
      2: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn: {stifle},
         {dampen}] [ant: {excite}, {stimulate}]
      3: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
         "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn:
         {suffocate}, {stifle}, {asphyxiate}, {choke}]
      4: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
         suffocated under the pillow" [syn: {suffocate}, {stifle},
         {asphyxiate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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