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Definisjon av choke

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Noun
choke - a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
valve one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
fuel system equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine
choke - a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
choke coil, choking coil
coil a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

Verb
choke - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"
scrag
compress, constrict, compact, contract, squeeze, press squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
choke - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
strangle
compress, constrict, compact, contract, squeeze, press squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
choke - reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"
throttle
enrich make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
choke - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
gag, fret
compress, constrict, compact, contract, squeeze, press squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
choke - breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
take a breath, suspire, respire, breathe undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
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"
neglect, fail leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
choke - check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"
bottle up, inhibit, suppress limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
choke - 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"
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, croak, snuff it
be born come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
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"
die off, die out become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out"
die back, die down suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
die down become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"
abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
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, give out, give way, break down, die, fail, go, break end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
famish, starve die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
succumb, yield be fatally overwhelmed
choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, foul
unclog become or cause to become unobstructed; "The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it"
obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, close up, jam, block be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
gum up stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up"
crap up become obstructed or chocked up; "The drains clogged up"
choke up, lug, stuff, block carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
silt, silt up become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"
choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, close up, jam, block be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
choke - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
gag, strangle, suffocate
hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
suffocate
stifle, dampen smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
suffocate, choke feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
suffocate
suffocate, choke feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
become, turn enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
choke - cause to retch or choke
gag
sicken get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
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Substantiv
choke - A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
choke - In wrestling, karate etc. , a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
choke - A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
choke - A partial or complete blockage of boulders, mud, etc. in a cave passage.

Verb
choke - To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way.
choke - To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them.
choke - To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
choke - Of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.
choke - To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • choke
    To cease to live.
  • choke
    To squeeze the neck in order to compress the carotide and/or trachea, possibly leading to unconsciousness or death.
  • choke
    A person who kills by strangling.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) choke
  • Presens: choke / chokes
  • Preteritum: choked
  • Perfektum: (have) choked

Substantiv

  • Entall: choke
  • Flertall: chokes

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