stifle
suomi-englanti sanakirjastifle englannista suomeksi
tukahduttaa, tukehduttaa
vaimentaa, hillitä
hevosen polvi
tukehtua
stifle englanniksi
To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
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(RQ:Dryden Metamorphoses)
To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
(ux)
To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
(synonyms)
(quote-book)
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)
(quote-journal)
To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
To die of suffocation.
The joint between the femur and tibia in the leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its 2|stifle joint.