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"tags": [
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"2": "enm",
"3": "stuflen",
"t": "to have difficulty breathing due to heat, stifle; to suffocate by drowning, drown"
},
"expansion": "Middle English stuflen (“to have difficulty breathing due to heat, stifle; to suffocate by drowning, drown”)",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "stifil, stuffle, stufle",
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"2": "stuffen",
"t": "to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke"
},
"expansion": "stuffen (“to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke”)",
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
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},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "estofer"
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"expansion": "Old French estofer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estouffer",
"t": "to choke, strangle, suffocate; (figuratively) to inhibit, prevent"
},
"expansion": "estouffer (“to choke, strangle, suffocate; (figuratively) to inhibit, prevent”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "estofiier, estoufer, estufer",
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},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étouffer"
},
"expansion": "French étouffer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
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{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estoper"
},
"expansion": "estoper",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estuper",
"t": "to block, plug, stop up; to stiffen, thicken"
},
"expansion": "estuper (“to block, plug, stop up; to stiffen, thicken”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étouper",
"t": "to caulk"
},
"expansion": "French étouper (“to caulk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estofer",
"t": "to pad, stuff; to upholster"
},
"expansion": "estofer (“to pad, stuff; to upholster”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étoffer"
},
"expansion": "French étoffer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "",
"3": "Estoper"
},
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*stuppāre"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *stuppāre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "stuppa",
"t": "coarse flax, tow"
},
"expansion": "Latin stuppa (“coarse flax, tow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "στύπη"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στύππη"
},
"expansion": "στύππη (stúppē)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στυππεῖον"
},
"expansion": "στυππεῖον (stuppeîon)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "qsb-grc"
},
"expansion": "Pre-Greek",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "-āre"
},
"expansion": "-āre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "stífla",
"t": "to dam; to choke, stop up"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse stífla (“to dam; to choke, stop up”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "noun"
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{
"args": {
"1": "2"
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],
"etymology_text": "The verb is derived from Late Middle English stuflen (“to have difficulty breathing due to heat, stifle; to suffocate by drowning, drown”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from stuffen (“to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke”) + -el- (derivational infix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, intensive, or repetitive actions or events). Stuffen is derived from Old French estofer, estouffer (“to choke, strangle, suffocate; (figuratively) to inhibit, prevent”) [and other forms] (modern French étouffer), a variant of estoper, estuper (“to block, plug, stop up; to stiffen, thicken”) (modern French étouper (“to caulk”)), influenced by estofer (“to pad, stuff; to upholster”) (modern French étoffer). Estoper is derived from Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, from Latin stuppa (“coarse flax, tow”) (as a stuffing material; from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē) (compare στυππεῖον (stuppeîon)); probably from Pre-Greek) + -āre. According to the Oxford English Dictionary a derivation from Old Norse stífla (“to dam; to choke, stop up”) “appears untenable on the ground both of form and sense”.\nThe noun is derived from the verb.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "stifles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "stifling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "stifled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "stifled",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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}
],
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"stif‧le"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "die"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1708, Jonathan Swift, Accomplishment of the First Prediction",
"text": "I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate."
],
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"links": [
[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"unconscious",
"unconscious"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#Verb"
],
[
"death",
"death"
],
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"breathing",
"breathing#Noun"
],
[
"smother",
"smother#Verb"
],
[
"suffocate",
"suffocate#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "duša",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "душа"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "задушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udušavam",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "удушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "dusit"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "udusit"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "kvæle"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "verstikken"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "versmoren"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "tukehduttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "étouffer"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "erdrücken"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "ersticken"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "megfojt"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "plúch"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "boccheggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"alt": "ちっそくさせる",
"code": "ja",
"english": "a person",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chissoku saseru",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "窒息させる"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"alt": "よくあつする",
"code": "ja",
"english": "an activity or desire",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yokuatsu suru",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "抑圧する"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"alt": "けす",
"code": "ja",
"english": "a flame; a sound",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kesu",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "消す. 静める"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"alt": "もみけす",
"code": "ja",
"english": "a rumor",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "momikesu",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "もみ消す"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑnthɑp",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "បន្ថប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "suffōcō"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "tāmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "tātāmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "boğmak",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "بوغمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dušítʹ",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "души́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadušítʹ",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задуши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "dusiť"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "udusiť"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "sofocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "stävja"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "kväva"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "bastırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 28 2 3 6 2 1 1 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "boğulmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English hyperboles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The heat was stifling the children.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-wihMHzb6",
"links": [
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
],
[
"choking",
"choke#Verb"
],
[
"gagging",
"gag#Verb"
],
[
"feeling",
"feeling#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, hyperbolic) To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling."
],
"tags": [
"excessive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "27 65 2 0 3 1 1 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam",
"sense": "to cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling",
"word": "задушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 65 2 0 3 1 1 0 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dusit"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-l7V4T~QU",
"links": [
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"breath",
"breath#Noun"
],
[
"cough",
"cough#Noun"
],
[
"cry",
"cry#Noun"
],
[
"voice",
"voice#Noun"
],
[
"released",
"release#Verb"
],
[
"throat",
"throat#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, also figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 3 74 0 3 11 2 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potiskam",
"sense": "to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat",
"word": "потискам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 74 0 3 11 2 0 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potlačit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 74 0 3 11 2 0 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zadusit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 74 0 3 11 2 0 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přemoci"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 74 0 3 11 2 0 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dusit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 74 0 3 11 2 0 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat",
"word": "étouffer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 74 0 3 11 2 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat",
"word": "unterdrücken"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-LjMabW8M",
"links": [
[
"unable",
"unable"
],
[
"hear",
"hear"
],
[
"blocking",
"block#Verb"
],
[
"medium",
"medium#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "8 1 1 85 2 1 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaglušavam",
"sense": "to make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium",
"word": "заглушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 1 1 85 2 1 1 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potlačit"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 1 1 85 2 1 1 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zadusit"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 1 1 85 2 1 1 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zahlušit"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 1 1 85 2 1 1 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium",
"word": "étouffer"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The army stifled the rebellion.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1723, Daniel Waterland, A Second Vindication of Christ's Divinity",
"text": "I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3-3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "In fact, there was no suggestion of that, although Wolves deployed men behind the ball to stifle the league leaders in a first-half that proved very frustrating for City.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To keep in, hold back, or repress (something)."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-OFIbpzKo",
"links": [
[
"keep",
"keep#Verb"
],
[
"hold back",
"hold back"
],
[
"repress",
"repress"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, figuratively)",
"(transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hinder"
},
{
"word": "restrain"
},
{
"word": "smother"
},
{
"word": "suppress"
},
{
"word": "throttle"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potušavam",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "потушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "potlačit"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "onderdrukken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "tukahduttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "vaimentaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "réprimer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "unterdrücken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "elfojt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "reprimere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "trattenere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "affogare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"alt": "おさえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "osaeru",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "抑える"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"alt": "かみころす",
"code": "ja",
"english": "a yawn",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kamikorosu",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "噛み殺す"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rie reaŋ",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "រារាំង"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "nanati"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "nati"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "whakakōmau"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "whakapongere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "tāmoe"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavljátʹ",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подавля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavítʹ",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подави́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "sofocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "dämpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "stävja"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "tillbakahålla"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "undertrycka"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 1 1 89 2 1 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)",
"word": "tutmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-yIhbsLGD",
"links": [
[
"revealed",
"reveal#Verb"
],
[
"conceal",
"conceal"
],
[
"hide",
"hide#Verb"
],
[
"suppress",
"suppress"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, figuratively)",
"(transitive) To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Agriculture",
"orig": "en:Agriculture",
"parents": [
"Applied sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "18 17 9 7 2 5 2 6 10 10 0 11 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 22 9 5 2 3 2 4 5 22 1 7 6",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Horses",
"orig": "en:Horses",
"parents": [
"Equids",
"Livestock",
"Odd-toed ungulates",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Mammals",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"Vertebrates",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Chordates",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"(transitive, agriculture (sericulture)) To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.",
"To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-iL42lTT6",
"links": [
[
"agriculture",
"agriculture"
],
[
"sericulture",
"sericulture"
],
[
"treat",
"treat#Verb"
],
[
"silkworm",
"silkworm"
],
[
"cocoon",
"cocoon"
],
[
"steam",
"steam#Noun"
],
[
"part",
"part#Noun"
],
[
"process",
"process#Noun"
],
[
"silk",
"silk#Noun"
],
[
"production",
"production"
]
],
"qualifier": "agriculture (sericulture)",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, agriculture (sericulture)) To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday’s fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To die of suffocation."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-M2Bum5Tk",
"links": [
[
"die",
"die#Verb"
],
[
"suffocation",
"suffocation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To die of suffocation."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam se",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "задушавам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "udusit se"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "stikken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "tukehtua"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "suffoquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "ersticken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "megfullad"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "asfissiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"alt": "ちっそくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chissoku suru",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "窒息する"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thɑpdɑɑnghaəmslap",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "ថប់ដង្ហើមស្លាប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadyxátʹsja",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "задыха́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadoxnútʹsja",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задохну́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "asfixiarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "kvävas"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 0 0 1 0 0 95 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die of suffocation",
"word": "boğulmak"
}
]
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English hyperboles",
"parents": [],
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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],
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{
"text": "The heat felt stifling.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe."
],
"id": "en-stifle-en-verb-Zywzu38~",
"links": [
[
"feel",
"feel#Verb"
],
[
"find",
"find#Verb"
],
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"breathe",
"breathe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, hyperbolic) To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe."
],
"tags": [
"excessive",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 5 2 1 7 3 4 0 72",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadǎhvam se",
"sense": "to feel smothered",
"word": "задъхвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 2 1 7 3 4 0 72",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feel smothered",
"word": "tukahtua"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 2 1 7 3 4 0 72",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to feel smothered",
"word": "boccheggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 2 1 7 3 4 0 72",
"alt": "ちっそくしそう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chissoku shisou",
"sense": "to feel smothered",
"word": "窒息しそう"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 2 1 7 3 4 0 72",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thɑp",
"sense": "to feel smothered",
"word": "ថប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 2 1 7 3 4 0 72",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadyxátʹsja",
"sense": "to feel smothered",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "задыха́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 2 1 7 3 4 0 72",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadoxnútʹsja",
"sense": "to feel smothered",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задохну́ться"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstaɪfl̩/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstaɪf(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪfəl"
},
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],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "16th c.",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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}
],
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{
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"2": "enm",
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{
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{
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"expansion": "stuffen (“to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke”)",
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{
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{
"args": {
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"name": "glossary"
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{
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "",
"3": "Stuffen"
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "estofer"
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"expansion": "Old French estofer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estouffer",
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},
"expansion": "estouffer (“to choke, strangle, suffocate; (figuratively) to inhibit, prevent”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étouffer"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
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"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
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{
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"t": "to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke"
},
"expansion": "stuffen (“to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke”)",
"name": "m"
},
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"args": {
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},
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"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
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},
{
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"1": "enm",
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
"3": "Stuffen"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "estofer"
},
"expansion": "Old French estofer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estouffer",
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "estofiier, estoufer, estufer",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étouffer"
},
"expansion": "French étouffer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estoper"
},
"expansion": "estoper",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estuper",
"t": "to block, plug, stop up; to stiffen, thicken"
},
"expansion": "estuper (“to block, plug, stop up; to stiffen, thicken”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étouper",
"t": "to caulk"
},
"expansion": "French étouper (“to caulk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "estofer",
"t": "to pad, stuff; to upholster"
},
"expansion": "estofer (“to pad, stuff; to upholster”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "étoffer"
},
"expansion": "French étoffer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "",
"3": "Estoper"
},
"expansion": "Estoper",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*stuppāre"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *stuppāre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "stuppa",
"t": "coarse flax, tow"
},
"expansion": "Latin stuppa (“coarse flax, tow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "στύπη"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στύππη"
},
"expansion": "στύππη (stúppē)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στυππεῖον"
},
"expansion": "στυππεῖον (stuppeîon)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "qsb-grc"
},
"expansion": "Pre-Greek",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "-āre"
},
"expansion": "-āre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "stífla",
"t": "to dam; to choke, stop up"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse stífla (“to dam; to choke, stop up”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "2"
},
"expansion": "²",
"name": "sup"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The verb is derived from Late Middle English stuflen (“to have difficulty breathing due to heat, stifle; to suffocate by drowning, drown”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from stuffen (“to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke”) + -el- (derivational infix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, intensive, or repetitive actions or events). Stuffen is derived from Old French estofer, estouffer (“to choke, strangle, suffocate; (figuratively) to inhibit, prevent”) [and other forms] (modern French étouffer), a variant of estoper, estuper (“to block, plug, stop up; to stiffen, thicken”) (modern French étouper (“to caulk”)), influenced by estofer (“to pad, stuff; to upholster”) (modern French étoffer). Estoper is derived from Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, from Latin stuppa (“coarse flax, tow”) (as a stuffing material; from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē) (compare στυππεῖον (stuppeîon)); probably from Pre-Greek) + -āre. According to the Oxford English Dictionary a derivation from Old Norse stífla (“to dam; to choke, stop up”) “appears untenable on the ground both of form and sense”.\nThe noun is derived from the verb.",
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"form": "stifles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "stifling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "stifled",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "stifled",
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"past"
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "die"
}
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"categories": [
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"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1708, Jonathan Swift, Accomplishment of the First Prediction",
"text": "I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
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"person",
"person"
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[
"unconscious",
"unconscious"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#Verb"
],
[
"death",
"death"
],
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"breathing",
"breathing#Noun"
],
[
"smother",
"smother#Verb"
],
[
"suffocate",
"suffocate#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate."
],
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"English transitive verbs"
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{
"text": "The heat was stifling the children.",
"type": "example"
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"To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling."
],
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[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
],
[
"choking",
"choke#Verb"
],
[
"gagging",
"gag#Verb"
],
[
"feeling",
"feeling#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, hyperbolic) To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling."
],
"tags": [
"excessive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat."
],
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[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"breath",
"breath#Noun"
],
[
"cough",
"cough#Noun"
],
[
"cry",
"cry#Noun"
],
[
"voice",
"voice#Noun"
],
[
"released",
"release#Verb"
],
[
"throat",
"throat#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, also figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium."
],
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[
"unable",
"unable"
],
[
"hear",
"hear"
],
[
"blocking",
"block#Verb"
],
[
"medium",
"medium#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"text": "The army stifled the rebellion.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1723, Daniel Waterland, A Second Vindication of Christ's Divinity",
"text": "I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3-3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "In fact, there was no suggestion of that, although Wolves deployed men behind the ball to stifle the league leaders in a first-half that proved very frustrating for City.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To keep in, hold back, or repress (something)."
],
"links": [
[
"keep",
"keep#Verb"
],
[
"hold back",
"hold back"
],
[
"repress",
"repress"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, figuratively)",
"(transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something)."
],
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{
"word": "hinder"
},
{
"word": "restrain"
},
{
"word": "smother"
},
{
"word": "suppress"
},
{
"word": "throttle"
}
],
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress."
],
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[
"revealed",
"reveal#Verb"
],
[
"conceal",
"conceal"
],
[
"hide",
"hide#Verb"
],
[
"suppress",
"suppress"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, figuratively)",
"(transitive) To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress."
],
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Agriculture"
],
"glosses": [
"(transitive, agriculture (sericulture)) To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.",
"To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production."
],
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"agriculture",
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"sericulture",
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"treat",
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],
[
"silkworm",
"silkworm"
],
[
"cocoon",
"cocoon"
],
[
"steam",
"steam#Noun"
],
[
"part",
"part#Noun"
],
[
"process",
"process#Noun"
],
[
"silk",
"silk#Noun"
],
[
"production",
"production"
]
],
"qualifier": "agriculture (sericulture)",
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"(transitive, agriculture (sericulture)) To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday’s fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To die of suffocation."
],
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[
"die",
"die#Verb"
],
[
"suffocation",
"suffocation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To die of suffocation."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English hyperboles",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The heat felt stifling.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe."
],
"links": [
[
"feel",
"feel#Verb"
],
[
"find",
"find#Verb"
],
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"breathe",
"breathe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, hyperbolic) To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe."
],
"tags": [
"excessive",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstaɪfl̩/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstaɪf(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪfəl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"alt": "16th c.",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "stifil"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "duša",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "душа"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "задушавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udušavam",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "удушавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "dusit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "udusit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "kvæle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "verstikken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "versmoren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "tukehduttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "étouffer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "erdrücken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "ersticken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "megfojt"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "plúch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "boccheggiare"
},
{
"alt": "ちっそくさせる",
"code": "ja",
"english": "a person",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chissoku saseru",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "窒息させる"
},
{
"alt": "よくあつする",
"code": "ja",
"english": "an activity or desire",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yokuatsu suru",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "抑圧する"
},
{
"alt": "けす",
"code": "ja",
"english": "a flame; a sound",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kesu",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "消す. 静める"
},
{
"alt": "もみけす",
"code": "ja",
"english": "a rumor",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "momikesu",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "もみ消す"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑnthɑp",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "បន្ថប់"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "suffōcō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "tāmi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "tātāmi"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "boğmak",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "بوغمق"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dušítʹ",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "души́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadušítʹ",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задуши́ть"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "dusiť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "udusiť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "sofocar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "stävja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "kväva"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "bastırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate",
"word": "boğulmak"
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