stifle – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: articulation,
subdue,
suppress,
close up,
impede,
exit,
pass away,
decease,
croak,
kick the bucket,
perish
stifle
v.
hold back, restrain; crush, quell; smother, suffocate, asphyxiate; be suffocated
Archie Bunker
Archibald "
Archie"
Bunker is a fictional character from the 1970s American television sitcom
All in the Family and its spin-off
Archie Bunker's Place, played by
Carroll O'Connor. Bunker, a main character of the series, is a
World War II veteran,
reactionary conservative,
blue-collar worker, and family man. Described as a "lovable bigot", he was first seen by the American public when
All in the Family premiered on January 12, 1971, where he was depicted as the head of a family. In 1979, the show was retooled and renamed
Archie Bunker's Place; it finally went off the air in 1983. Bunker lived at the fictional address of 704 Hauser Street in the borough of
Queens, in New York City.
Stifle joint
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 the human
knee and is often the largest
synovial joint in the animal's body. The stifle joint joins three bones: the
femur,
patella, and
tibia. The joint consists of three smaller ones: the femoropatellar joint, medial femorotibial joint, and lateral femorotibial joint.
stifle
Noun
1. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
(synonym) knee
(hypernym) joint, articulation, articulatio
(part-holonym) hind leg
Verb
1. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
(synonym) smother, strangle, muffle, repress
(hypernym) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
(derivation) stifler, smotherer
2. smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
(synonym) dampen
(antonym) stimulate, excite
(hypernym) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
(hyponym) suffocate, choke
(derivation) stifler, smotherer
3. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
(synonym) suffocate, asphyxiate, choke
(hypernym) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
4. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
(synonym) suffocate, asphyxiate
(hypernym) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
(hyponym) strangle
(verb-group) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
stifle
v.
potlačit; dusit (se)
stifle
Czas.
tłumić; dławić; dusić (się)
