stifle
31stifle joint — a joint near the top of the hind leg of a quadruped, homologous to the knee joint of a human being; it actually consists of two joints, that between the femur and tibia, and that between the femur and patella. Called also stifle and knee …
32stifle bone — noun the bone in front of a stifle joint …
33stifle bone — noun : the patella in the stifle of a quadruped …
34stifle-joint — stiˈfle joint noun • • • Main Entry: ↑stifle …
35stifle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee see horse illustration II. verb (stifled; stifling) Etymology: alteration of… …
36stifle — 1. noun /ˈstaɪfl/ a) A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses. b) A bone disease of this region. 2. verb /ˈstaɪfl/ a) To interrupt …
37stifle — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, asphyxiate, assuage, attemper, bake, bank the fire, bar, barricade, be in heat, black out, blaze, block, block up, blockade, bloom, blow out, blunt, boil, bolt, bottle up, broil, burke, burn,… …
38stifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. smother, suffocate; extinguish, put down, suppress; repress, check. See killing, concealment, silence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. smother, suffocate, extinguish; see choke 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
39stifle — [14] Stiffle was probably adapted from Old French estouffer ‘choke, smother’. This in turn went back to a Vulgar Latin *extuffāre, which may have been a blend of *extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source of English stew) and late Latin stuppāre ‘stop …
40stifle — sti·fle || staɪfl v. hold back, restrain; crush, quell; smother, suffocate, asphyxiate; be suffocated …
