Stifle
verb — past tense: stifled ; past participle: stifled ; present participle: stifling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to suffer or die from lack of air) ថប់ដង្ហើមស្លាប់
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to suffocate to feel or cause to feel unable to breathe for lack of air, to suppress or check) បន្ថប់, ថប់ដង្ហើម, ធ្វើអោយពិបាកដកដង្ហើម stifle a child ធ្វើអោយ ថប់ដង្ហើមស្លាប stifle a yawn ទប់ stifle a revolt បង្ក្រាប, ពង្រាប
- 3.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ពន្លត់, បង្រ្កាប
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
verb — past tense: stifled ; past participle: stifled ; present participle: stifling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.