To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.
To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.
To die of suffocation.
To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
An act or state of being stifled.
A bone disease of this region.
The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
To make (cheese) from curdled milk.
To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.