stifle
English Thesaurus
1. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | articulatio, articulation, joint, |
| definition | : | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | hind leg, |
| definition | : | the back limb of a quadruped (noun.animal) |
2. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, |
| definition | : | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | strangle, |
| definition | : | die from strangulation (verb.change) |
3. smother or suppress (verb.change)
| hyponym | : | choke, suffocate, |
| definition | : | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of (verb.change) |
4. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)
5. conceal or hide (verb.contact)
6. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
7. smother or suppress (verb.change)
| derivation | : | smotherer, stifler, |
| definition | : | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person) |
8. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | choking, |
| definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
9. conceal or hide (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | smotherer, stifler, |
| definition | : | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person) |
10. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
11. smother or suppress (verb.change)
| derivation | : | smotherer, stifler, |
| definition | : | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person) |
12. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | asphyxia, |
| definition | : | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | asphyxiation, suffocation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | choking, |
| definition | : | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state) |
13. conceal or hide (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | smotherer, stifler, |
| definition | : | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person) |
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