Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - stifle
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Stifle
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~ v 1 to stop someone from breathing or be unable to breathe comfortably, especially because the air is too hot or not fresh (He was almost stifled by the fumes.) 2 to stop something from happening or developing (rules and regulations that stifle initiative) 3 to stop a feeling from being expressed (He stifled an urge to hit her. | stifle a yawn/smile/laughter etc) (Nancy stifled a yawn as the teacher's voice droned on.)
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(stifles, stifling, stifled) 1. 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 VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn... = suppress VERB: V n 3. 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 VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee — see horse illustration II. verb (~d; stifling) Etymology: alteration of Middle English stuflen Date: 1513 transitive verb 1. a. to kill by depriving of oxygen ; suffocate b. (1) smother (2) muffle 2. a. to cut off (as the voice or breath) b. to withhold from circulation or expression ; repress ~d our anger c. deter, discourage intransitive verb to become suffocated by or as if by lack of oxygen ; smother stifling in the heat • ~r noun • stiflingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. 1 tr. smother, suppress (stifled a yawn). 2 intr. & tr. experience or cause to experience constraint of breathing (stifling heat). 3 tr. kill by suffocating. Derivatives stifler n. stiflingly adv. Etymology: perh. alt. of ME stuffe, stuffle f. OF estouffer 2. n. (in full stifle-joint) a joint in the legs of horses, dogs, etc., equivalent to the knee in humans. Phrases and idioms stifle-bone the bone in front of this joint. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. редк. удушение; удушье 2. душить to be stifled by smoke —- задыхаться от дыма to stifle by gas —- отравить газом to feel stifled —- страдать от удушья his voice was stifled by emotion —- он говорил сдавленным от волнения голосом 3. задыхаться to stifle from want of air —- задыхаться от недостатка воздуха 4. подавлять to stifle a revolt —- подавить восстание to stifle a yawn —- сдержать зевоту to stifle one's laughter —- давиться от смеха circumstance stifled his ambition —- обстоятельства заставили его забыть о своем честолюбии 5. заглушать to stifle a noise —- заглушить звук (шум) 6. тушить (огонь) 7. замять; утаить to stifle a fact —- замять факт to stifle a document —- утаить документ 8. анат. коленная чашка (на задней ноге животного) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I v. 1) душить, удушать 2) задыхаться 3) тушить (огонь) 4) замять (дело и т.п.) 5) сдерживать, подавлять; to stifle a rebellion - подавить восстание; to stifle a yawn - сдержать зевоту II noun коленная чашка или коленный сустав (у лошади) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., "to choke, suffocate, drown," of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of O.Fr. estouffer "to stifle, smother," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. stopfon "to plug up, stuff"). Metaphoric sense is from 1577. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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