| stifle | 1. 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. "Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies." (Dryden) "I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room." (Swift) 2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame. "Bodies . . . Stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit." (Sir I. Newton) 3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion. "I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled." (Waterland) Origin: Freq. Of OE. Stif stiff; cf. Icel. Stifla to dam up. To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration. "You shall stifle in your own report." (Shak) <veterinary> 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. Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan. Origin: From Stiff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| stifle bone | The patella of the stifle joint of a horse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stifle joint | The femorotibial articulation in the hind leg of the horse and other quadrupeds; it corresponds to the knee in humans. Synonym: stifle. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Stifles
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smother: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" suffocate: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee suffocate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
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| stifle bone |
the patella of the horse.
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| stifle joint |
a joint near the top of the hind leg of a quadruped, homologous to the knee joint of a human being; it actually consists of two joints, that between the femur and tibia, and that between the femur and patella. Called also stifle and knee.
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| stifle |
The joint of the hind leg between the thigh and the second thigh. The dogs knee
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| stifle b. |
the patella of the horse.
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| stifle | joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped |
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| stifle | smother or suppress |
| stifle | conceal or hide |
| stifle | held in check with difficulty |
| stifle | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |
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