STIFLE vs SMOTHER: NOUN
- Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
- A small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan.
- 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. See Illust. under horse.
- The stifle-joint.
- Disease or other affection of the stifle-bone or stifle-joint, as dislocation or fracture of the patella.
- A bone disease of this region.
- The state of being stifled; suppression.
- Confusion; excess with disorder: as, a perfect smother of letters and papers.
- Smoldering; slow combustion.
- That which smothers or appears to smother, in any sense.
- Something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust, that smothers or tends to smother.
- A state of suppression.
- That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
- An aphid.
- A confused multitude of things
- The act of smothering a kick (see above).
- A stifling cloud of smoke
- Stifling smoke; thick dust.
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: VERB
- Conceal or hide
- Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- To interrupt or cut off.
- To repress, keep in or hold back.
- To smother or suffocate.
- To feel smothered etc.
- To die of suffocation.
- To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.
- Smother or suppress
- Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- Envelop completely
- Form an impenetrable cover over
- Conceal or hide
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
- To be suffocated or stifled.
- To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
- To suffocate (another).
- To conceal, suppress, or hide.
- To be surfeited with an emotion.
- To be concealed or suppressed.
- To be extinguished.
- To suffocate.
- To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone).
- To cover thickly.
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge.
- To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench.
- 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.
- To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate.
- Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal.
- To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like.
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Be asphyxiated
- Corresponds to the human knee
- Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
- Suppress in order to conceal or hide
- Die from lack of oxygen
- To kill by impeding respiration, as by covering the mouth and nose, by introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs, or by other means; suffocate or greatly oppress by foul air or otherwise; smother.
- To choke up; dam up; close.
- To stop the passage of; arrest the free action of; extinguish; deaden; quench: as, to stifle flame; to stifle sound.
- To suppress; keep from active manifestation; keep from public notice; conceal; repress; destroy: as, to stifle inquiry; to stifle a report; to stifle passion; to stifle convictions.
- Synonyms Suffocate, Strangle, etc. See smother.
- To husn, muffle, muzzle, gag.
- To suffocate; perish by asphyxia.
- To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of.
- To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air: as, to smother a fire with ashes.
- In cookery, to cook in a close dish: as, beefsteak smothered with onions.
- To daub or smear.
- Synonyms Smother, Choke, Strangle, Throttle, Stifle, Suffocate. To smother, in the stricter sense, is to put to death by preventing air from entering the nose or mouth. To choke is to imperil or destroy life by stoppage, external or internal, in the windpipe. To strangle is to put to death by compression of the windpipe. Throttle is the same as strangle, except that it is often used for partial or attempted strangling, and that it suggests its derivation. Suffocate and stifle are essentially the same, except that stifle is the stronger: they mean to kill by impeding respiration.
- To be suffocated.
- To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust. close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- Of a fire, to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- Figuratively, to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- Hence, figuratively and generally, to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish; stifle; cover up; conceal; hide: as, the committee's report was smothered.
- Suppress in order to conceal or hide
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: RELATED WORDS
- Restrict, Curtail, Quash, Inhibit, Suppress, Frustrate, Thwart, Hamper, Undermine, Impede, Hinder, Knee, Muffle, Smother, Dampen
- Bury, Crush, Suppress, Strangle, Thwart, Clutter, Put out, Jumble, Welter, Muddle, Surround, Muffle, Asphyxiate, Stifle, Suffocate
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Restrict, Curtail, Quash, Inhibit, Suppress, Frustrate, Thwart, Hamper, Undermine, Impede, Hinder, Knee, Muffle, Smother, Dampen
- Kill, Choke, Bury, Crush, Suppress, Strangle, Thwart, Clutter, Put out, Jumble, Muddle, Surround, Muffle, Asphyxiate, Stifle
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Woody vainly attempts to stifle the recoiling pullstring.
- This will help retain moisture and stifle weeds.
- Drug Warrior Tries to Stifle Critics of Prohibition.
- An agreement to stifle prosecution is against law.
- We stifle within ourselves the voices of prejudice.
- Those built on outdated technology can stifle both.
- The former can stifle innovation and technological progress.
- ANT: Recal, suppress, repress, hush, stifle, check, swallow.
- It should provide guidelines but not stifle creativity.
- The policies that come out of Washington actually stifle expansion and stifle job growth.
- Gotta smother these flames with a bigger dumpster fire.
- When I tried to scream, he would smother me.
- The media are trying to smother and dismiss them.
- Anybody could get it, smother who ever you bring.
- In addition, the excess dirt can potentially smother oysters.
- Smother scale with horticultural oil or crush the insects.
- Janaya christine taylor, unless indicated otherwise smother the state.
- It grows rapidly and can smother native vegetation.
- We thought it was going to smother us.
- However, a pillow canbe used to smother someone.
STIFLE vs SMOTHER: QUESTIONS
- Could a lithium-ion battery shortage stifle the surge in electric vehicles?
- How to tell if a dog has bilateral stifle joint lameness?
- Do pigs lose weight when they have a stifle joint infection?
- What is the answer to suppress stifle with 7 letters?
- Will this ruling stifle creativity of hip-hop artists?
- Will cutting Russia off from imports stifle its economy?
- Does a black hole in Phoenix stifle star formation?
- Do long work hours stifle innovation and productivity?
- Does TPA alteration make stifle stability less important?
- Does overclassification stifle interoperability in the Army?
- Who was the first to smother the young girl in hugs?
- Do You Smother each other when you want something desperately?
- How many answers to the Smother or suppress (6) crossword clue?
- Was Adam's Mom Beverly really a smother on the Goldbergs?
- How many answers are there to the smother (6) crossword clue?
- Why does Sherlock Holmes smother his friend with a pillow?