(a) To kill (sb., an animal) by suffocation; ben stuffed, die by suffocation; also, suffocate by drowning, be drowned; (b) refl. to stifle from heat; ben (bicomen) stuffed, stifle from heat; also, be oppressed (by sth.); ppl. stuffing as adj.: stifling, noxious, obstructive; (c) to deprive (a plant) of conditions necessary for growth, choke; (d) to suppress or extinguish (bodily heat, a humor, breath, etc.); ben stuffed, of a humor: be extinguished; also, of a voice: cease to resonate, be muffled.