English-Estonian translations for stifle

Definition of stifle

• A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses
• To interrupt or cut off
• 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

Examples

• The army stifled the rebellion
• The heat was stifling the children
• The heat felt stifling
• Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterdays fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom

Related words

• stifling
• stifled
• stifling heat
• smother stifle