undertrycka — meaning in English

English meaning

• stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
• strangle verb To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and cutting off their air.
• suppress verb To forcibly put an end to something, such as a rebellion or protest.
• throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.

Senses

undertrycka is used for these senses in English:

• bottle up (idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.
• stifle (transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
• strangle (transitive) To stifle or suppress.
• suppress (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

stifle — full definition

1. verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
2. verb To make breathing difficult, or to smother.
3. noun In horses and other four-legged animals, the joint on the hind leg that corresponds to the human knee.

strangle — full definition

1. verb To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and cutting off their air.
2. verb To suppress or stifle something severely.

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