The noun stifle is the rear 'knee joint' of a horse.
Stifling is a verb. It is the -ing form of the verb stifle. Verbs don't really have a singular form like nouns but if you used stifle with a singular noun subject the verb form would be stifles.She stifles her younger sister.Stifle as a noun means the joint of a hind leg of certain four legged animals eg horse. But it is not used as a noun very often. If this is the meaning you are thinking of then the plural is stifles
No, because if you stifle something you're suppressing, curbing, or withholding it
One definition of the word muffle is to deaden loud sounds by use of wrapping materials. Acronyms include: stifle, smother, suppress, curb, inhibit, repress and subdue.
Noun. It is a person. Remember the definition of a noun.
Definition is a noun.
The noun forms of the verb to define are definition and the gerund, defining.
A wet cloth will temporarily stifle the smoke that is emanating from the hole in the wall.
The smell in the room was sure to stifle them. They tried to stifle his progress by putting more obstacles in the way.
Stifle (Stifle Joint) Underlying the stifle area is the stifle joint formed between the large hip bone (femur) which is equivalent to our thigh bone and the tibia, equivalent to our shin bone. The stifle joint somewhat resembles a human knee.
Definition
The stifle on a horse is the equivalent of a human knee.
Yes, the word 'definition' is a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for statement of the meaning of a word, phrase, or term.