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to hinder. The man stifled his cough at the church service.

The girl's stifled their giggles as they saw a student pass by with toilet paper stuck to their shoe.

Can all so be used to mean oppressive.

The heat was stifling in the car because the AC was broken.

The rigors of the course requirements were stifling.

He felt stifled by her constant attentions.

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what does leer and stifle mean?

leer is a spanish word that means read and stifle means to cut off, hold back or smother. The verb for stifle is to choke, suffocate, drown.


What is the meaning of stiffle?

it's not a word. . .do you mean stifle? which means suffocate or restrain


Is stifle an adjective?

No, because if you stifle something you're suppressing, curbing, or withholding it


What does stiffle mean?

If you are thinking of "stifle", it means to smother, and so by extension to kill or do away with.


Use stifle in a sentence?

A wet cloth will temporarily stifle the smoke that is emanating from the hole in the wall.


What is the meaning of the maori nameTukunatia?

release the stifle? Is what it would mean if you broke it up in to Tuku and natia


What does the name Gaskins mean?

Gaskins is the lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle.


What is the noun definition of stifle?

The noun stifle is the rear 'knee joint' of a horse.


Could you give a sentence using the word stifle?

The smell in the room was sure to stifle them. They tried to stifle his progress by putting more obstacles in the way.


Does a horse have a patella?

Stifle (Stifle Joint) Underlying the stifle area is the stifle joint formed between the large hip bone (femur) which is equivalent to our thigh bone and the tibia, equivalent to our shin bone. The stifle joint somewhat resembles a human knee.


The stifle of the horse is the same as what part of human?

The stifle on a horse is the equivalent of a human knee.


The stifle of a horse is the same of what part of a human?

A horse's stifle is equal to the knee of a human.