stifle

«stifle» in Mova's school dictionary: to hold it back so that nobody hears it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (stifle, stifles, stifled, stifling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To stifle a sound is to hold it back so that nobody hears it. tree →

2) To stifle a fire or a person is to smother it or stop its breath or flame. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a hand is clapped over a mouth to stifle a groan, or a robber is smothered

examples

• She stifled a yawn. tree →
• He stifled his giggle in his sleeve. tree →
• The thick blanket stifled the flames. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stifle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.