transcription, транскрипция: [ staɪf(ə)l ]
( stifles, stifling, stifled)
1.
If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
= repress
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]
2.
If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...
= suppress
VERB : V n
3.
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
VERB : V n