English to English noun
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a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current | | source: wordnet30
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a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine | | source: wordnet30
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A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. | | source: webster1913 verb
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breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | | Example: She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband
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be too tight; rub or press | | Example: This neckband is choking the cat
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wring the neck of | | Example: The man choked his opponent
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constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | | source: wordnet30
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struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | | Example: he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
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fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | | Example: The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience
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check or slow down the action or effect of | | Example: She choked her anger
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become or cause to become obstructed | | Example: The leaves clog our drains in the Fall The water pipe is backed up
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impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | | Example: The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
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become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | | Example: He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
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suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | | Example: His job suffocated him
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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | | Example: She died from cancer The children perished in the fire The patient went peacefully The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
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reduce the air supply | | Example: choke a carburetor
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cause to retch or choke | | source: wordnet30
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. | | source: webster1913
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To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled. | | source: webster1913
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