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| n. (artifact) | 1. choke, choke coil, choking coil | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current. |
| ~ circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow. |
| ~ coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. choke | a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine. |
| ~ automatic choke | a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor. |
| ~ fuel system | equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine. |
| ~ valve | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid. |
| v. (body) | 3. choke | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion.; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" |
| ~ breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire | draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" |
| v. (contact) | 4. choke, fret, gag | be too tight; rub or press.; "This neckband is choking the cat" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| v. (contact) | 5. choke, scrag | wring the neck of.; "The man choked his opponent" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| v. (body) | 6. choke, strangle | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing. |
| ~ choke | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion.; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| v. (body) | 7. choke, gag, strangle, suffocate | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" |
| ~ suffer, hurt | feel pain or be in pain. |
| v. (social) | 8. choke | fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation.; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" |
| ~ fail, neglect | fail to do something; leave something undone.; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" |
| v. (social) | 9. choke | check or slow down the action or effect of.; "She choked her anger" |
| ~ bottle up, suppress, inhibit | control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. |
| v. (contact) | 10. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul | become or cause to become obstructed.; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
| ~ gum up | stick together as if with gum.; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up" |
| ~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| ~ crap up | become obstructed or chocked up.; "The drains clogged up" |
| ~ choke up, lug, stuff, block | obstruct.; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" |
| ~ silt, silt up | become chocked with silt.; "The river silted up" |
| v. (contact) | 11. asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" |
| ~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| v. (change) | 12. choke, suffocate | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" |
| ~ suffocate, choke | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of.; "His job suffocated him" |
| ~ become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| v. (change) | 13. choke, suffocate | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of.; "His job suffocated him" |
| ~ dampen, stifle | smother or suppress.; "Stifle your curiosity" |
| ~ suffocate, choke | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" |
| v. (change) | 14. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | 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" |
| ~ abort | cease development, die, and be aborted.; "an aborting fetus" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| ~ buy it, pip out | be killed or die. |
| ~ drown | die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.; "The child drowned in the lake" |
| ~ predecease | die before; die earlier than.; "She predeceased her husband" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ starve, famish | die of food deprivation.; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" |
| ~ die | suffer or face the pain of death.; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| ~ succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| v. (change) | 15. choke, throttle | reduce the air supply.; "choke a carburetor" |
| ~ enrich | make better or improve in quality.; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" |
| v. (body) | 16. choke, gag | cause to retch or choke. |
| ~ sicken | make sick or ill.; "This kind of food sickens me" |
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