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choke

/ choke /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
Type of:
valve
Kinds of:
automatic choke
Has parts:
fuel system
Derived:
throttle
verb Sense 2
check or slow down the action or effect of
"She choked her anger"
Type of:
bottle up suppress
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
wring the neck of
"The man choked his opponent"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
be too tight; rub or press
"This neckband is choking the cat"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 5
"The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
Type of:
fail neglect
Derived:
choker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 6
reduce the air supply
"choke a carburetor"
Type of:
enrich
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 7
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 9
"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
Derived:
choking
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 10
cause to retch or choke
Type of:
sicken
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 11
"His job suffocated him"
Type of:
stifle dampen
Verb group:
suffocate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 12
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
Type of:
become turn
Verb group:
suffocate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 13
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
Type of:
suffer hurt
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 14
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 15
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"
"The water pipe is backed up"
Opposites:
unclog
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 16
die
"The old man finally kicked the bucket"
Type of:
die decease perish
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
colloquialism
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
16
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
81
Times Searched
3
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