eng: choke - UWN/MENTA

eng: choke

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Meaning
means	(noun) a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current choke, choking coil, choke coil
means	(noun) a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine choke
means	(verb) breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" choke
means	(verb) be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" gag, fret, choke
means	(verb) wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" choke, scrag
means	(verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing strangle, choke
means	(verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" gag, strangle, choke, suffocate
means	(verb) fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" choke
means	(verb) check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" choke
means	(verb) become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" congest, back up, clog up, choke off, choke, foul, clog
means	(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" suffocate, asphyxiate, choke, stifle
means	(verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" suffocate, choke
means	(verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" choke, suffocate
means	(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "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" choke, pass, give-up the ghost, decease, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, pass away, perish, die, croak, go, buy the farm, pop off, snuff it, conk, exit, drop dead, expire
means	(verb) reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" throttle, choke
means	(verb) cause to retch or choke gag, choke
means	e/Choke (firearms)
means	e/Choke (horse)
means	e/Choke (sports)

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