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stifle
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee • Syn: knee • Hypernyms: joint, articulation, articulatio • Part Holonyms: hind leg
1. conceal or hide (Freq. 2) - smother a yawn - muffle one's anger - strangle a yawn • Syn: smother, strangle, muffle, repress • Derivationally related forms: stifler, stifling, smotherer (for: smother) • Hypernyms: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 2. smother or suppress (Freq. 1) - Stifle your curiosity • Syn: dampen • Ant: stimulate • Derivationally related forms: stifler • Hypernyms: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb • Hyponyms: suffocate, choke • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 3. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of - The foul air was slowly suffocating the children • Syn: suffocate, asphyxiate, choke • Derivationally related forms: choking (for: choke), asphyxiation (for: asphyxiate), asphyxia (for: asphyxiate), suffocative (for: suffocate), suffocation (for: suffocate) • Hypernyms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up • Verb Frames: - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 4. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen - The child suffocated under the pillow • Syn: suffocate, asphyxiate • Derivationally related forms: asphyxiation (for: asphyxiate), asphyxia (for: asphyxiate), suffocative (for: suffocate), suffocation (for: suffocate) • Hypernyms: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it • Hyponyms: strangle • Verb Group: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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