WordReference English-Turkish Dictionary © 2025:
Temel Çeviriler |
stifle [sth]⇒ vtr | (yawn, sob, laugh, etc: hold back) (duygu, vb.) | bastırmak, tutmak geçişli f. |
| Halfway through the sermon I began to stifle yawns. |
stifle [sth] vtr | (suffocate) | boğmak geçişli f. |
| The murderer stifled his victim with a pillow. |
stifle [sth] vtr | figurative (suppress) (fikir, vb.) | bastırmak geçişli f. |
| The government's trying to stifle the democracy movement. |
stifle⇒ vi | (be suffocated) | boğulmak f. |
Not: Often used in continuous tenses. |
| Nerys was stifling in her thick sweater, so she took it off. |
stifle vi | (lack fresh air) | boğucu olmak f. |
| | havasız olmak f. |
Ek Çeviriler |
stifle, stifle joint, stifle-joint n | (animal's leg joint) (havyan) | bacak eklemi i. |
| The X-ray shows a problem with the horse's stifle. |