eng: stifle

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Meaning
means	(noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee stifle, knee
means	(verb) conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" strangle, repress, muffle, smother, stifle
means	(verb) smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" dampen, stifle
means	(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" suffocate, asphyxiate, choke, stifle
means	(verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" suffocate, asphyxiate, stifle