stifle

Noun
  1. Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
    Corresponds to the human knee (synset 102466696)
    is a type of: articulatio, articulation, joint - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
    is a part of: hind leg - the back limb of a quadruped
    same as: knee
Verb
  1. Suppress in order to conceal or hide (synset 201571411)
    "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
    is a type of: bottle up, inhibit, suppress - consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
    same as: muffle, repress, smother, strangle
  2. Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity (synset 200391513)
    "Stifle your curiosity"
    is a type of: bottle up, inhibit, suppress - consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
    subtypes: choke, suffocate - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
    same as: dampen
  3. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (synset 201478810)
    "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
    is a type of: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude - block passage through
    same as: asphyxiate, choke, suffocate
  4. Be asphyxiated;
    Die from lack of oxygen (synset 200360165)
    "The child suffocated under the pillow"
    is a type of: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    subtypes: strangle - die from strangulation
    same as: asphyxiate, suffocate
    verb group: asphyxiate, smother, suffocate - deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

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