stifle
US'staıfəl
معنی فارسی
خفه کردن خاموش کردن فرو نشاندن پنهان کردن خاموش شدن
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- conceal or hide “smother a yawn” “muffle one's anger” “strangle a yawn” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody” “Something ----s something”
- smother or suppress “Stifle your curiosity” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children” “Something ----s somebody” “Something ----s something”
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen “The child suffocated under the pillow” “Somebody ----s”
مترادفها
verb active
1. Smother, choke, suffocate.
2. Suppress, repress, check, deaden, stop, destroy, extinguish, quench.
3. Still, hush, silence, muffle, muzzle, gag, conceal, smother.