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English to English noun
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joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee |  | source: wordnet30
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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse. | | source: webster1913 verb
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conceal or hide | | Example: smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
strangle a yawn
source: wordnet30
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smother or suppress | | Example: Stifle your curiosity
source: wordnet30
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impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | | Example: The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
source: wordnet30
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be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | | Example: The child suffocated under the pillow
source: wordnet30
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To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust. | | source: webster1913
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To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration. | | source: webster1913
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