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Stifle

speaker

Meaning

Verb

●
To make (an
or person)
or cause (an
or person)
by
; to
, to suffocate.
●
To cause (someone)
in
, or a
or
feeling.
●
To
(a
,
, or
, or the
, etc.) from being
from the throat.
●
To make (something) unable to be
by
it with some medium.
●
To
,
, or
(something).
●
To
(something) from being
; to
, to
, to suppress.
●
In Agriculture & Horses:
  • (transitive,
    (sericulture)) To
    (a
    ) with
    as part of the process of
    production.
  • To
    (a
    ) with
    as part of the process of
    production.
    • ●
    To
    of suffocation.
    ●
    To feel
    ; to find it
    to breathe.
    ●
    To cause (a
    ,
    , or other
    ) to
    or
    its
    joint.

    Noun

    ●
    An
    or
    stifled.
    ●
    In Animal body parts, Animal body parts & Horses:
    The
    between the
    and
    in the
    of various
    , especially
    ,
    to the
    in humans.
    ●
    In Veterinary medicine, Animal body parts & Horses:
    A
    of this region.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    stifle
    English
    arrow
    stiflen
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    arrow
    stífla
    Old Norse
    Sourced from
    Etym

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