Word: stifle
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: sti
fle
Definition: To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
Morphemes:
Affix: stifle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stuffen
Language: enm
Decoded: stuffen
Meaning: to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress ; to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke
Affix: -el-
Language: enm
Decoded: -el-
Meaning: derivational infix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, intensive, or repetitive actions or events