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Stifled
Stifled Sti"fled, a. Stifling. The close and stifled study. --Hawthorne.
Stifled
Stifle Sti"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to dam up.] 1. 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. Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies. --Dryden. I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room. --Swift. 2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame. Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I. Newton. 3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion. I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled. --Waterland.

Meaning of Stifled from wikipedia

- Look up stifler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stifler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Donna Stifler (born 1965), American...
- Kevin Geyer, William Levy and Ryan Torf. "Things I Can't Change" – 2:52 "Stifled" – 2:12 "Small Talk" – 2:43 "Playing the Victim" – 2:50 "Right Here" –...
- The stifle joint (often simply stifle) is a complex joint in the hind limbs of quadruped mammals such as the sheep, horse or dog. It is the equivalent...
- of success. Stifler is turned down by a girl because she wants Finch to ask her, so he spikes Finch's mochaccino with a laxative. Stifler directs Finch...
- J. Royston Stifler (died February 15, 1921) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Maryland Senate from 1918 to 1920. J...
- inter.funda.stifle is the second full-length album by alternative rock band Fair to Midland. Tracks including "Dance of the Manatee," "Vice/Versa," "A...
- The first is Stifler grabbing Finch's buttocks, the second is Stifler and Jim french kissing, and the third one would have been for Stifler to receive a...
- Donna Stifler (born February 24, 1965) was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 35A, Harford County in 2006 after defeating...
- David Stifler Johnson (December 9, 1945 – March 8, 2016) was an American computer scientist specializing in algorithms and optimization. He was the head...
- is ill-tempered and frequently tells his long-suffering wife Edith to "stifle yourself". Series creator Norman Lear admitted this is how his father treated...