stifles

Meaning of stifles

noun
  1. A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
  2. A bone disease of this region.
verb
  1. To interrupt or cut off.
  2. To repress, keep in or hold back.
    The army stifled the rebellion.
  3. To smother or suffocate.
    The heat was stifling the children.
  4. To feel smothered etc.
    The heat felt stifling.
  5. To die of suffocation.
    Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.
  6. To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.

Information about stifles

  • The singular form of stifles is: stifle.
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Hyphenation of stifles

sti-fles

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • stifles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

stifles synonyms

Meaning :

hinder, restrain, suppress, throttle

Anagrams of stifles

selfist

Words that rhyme with stifles

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