diz eklemi [(zooloji) ]

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Definition of diz eklemi [(zooloji) ] in Turkish English dictionary

stifle

A bone disease of this region

To smother or suffocate

The heat was stifling the children.

A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses

{n} the joint of a horse next to the buttock

to smother

If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone = suppress

{f} hold back, restrain; crush, quell; smother, suffocate, asphyxiate; be suffocated

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion

To feel smothered etc

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity

smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

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

To die of suffocation

To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame