stifled

Definition von stifled im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Of or pertaining to something stifled or suppressed; held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"; Stifling; Simple past and past participle of stifle
stifled his laughter: stopped his laughter, tried hard not to laugh
stifle: A bone disease of this region
stifle: To smother or suffocate
The heat was stifling the children.
stifle: A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses
stifle: to smother
stifle: {n} the joint of a horse next to the buttock
stifle: {v} to suppress, conceal, extinguish
stifle: If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone = suppress
stifle: {f} hold back, restrain; crush, quell; smother, suffocate, asphyxiate; be suffocated
stifle: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
stifle: To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion
stifle: To feel smothered etc
stifle: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity
stifle: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
stifle: 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
stifle: To die of suffocation
stifle: To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration
stifle: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
stifle: To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame
stifle: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
stifle: under Horse
stifle: To interrupt or cut off
stifle: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
stifle: To repress, keep in or hold back
stifle: disapproval If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate. = repress
stifle: If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn = suppress
stifle: 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