Synonyms:
stifle, knee
Meaning: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Meaning: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
Synonyms:
stifle, dampen
Meaning: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
Usage examples
From ledger to ledger they hurry me, to stifle my regret.
Nurse Rosemary fought with her throat, which threatened to close altogether and stifle her voice.
However, it was not his desire to stifle this new-born enthusiasm of Kenneth's, even though he believed it misdirected.
She locked the door of her bedchamber, and threw off her walking-dress; light as it was, she felt as if it would stifle her.
This idea, consolatory in theory, I felt would be terrible if realised: with all my might I endeavoured to stifle it--I endeavoured to be firm.
His curses had eaten into her heart, and she had fled from him to stifle the coward instinct that urged her to confess her love and beg his mercy.
Bent forward, with her head and arms on the bed close by, she was crying bitterly, doing her utmost to stifle her sobs that she might not be heard.
She lay still, pressing closely down amongst the cushions, and clenching the sleeve of her jacket between her teeth to stifle the groan that rose to her lips.
I tried to stifle these sensations; I thought that as I could not sympathize with him, I had no right to withhold from him the small portion of happiness which was yet in my power to bestow.