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11choke — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. hinder or impede the breathing of (a person or animal) esp. by constricting the windpipe or (of gas, smoke, etc.) by being unbreathable. 2 intr. suffer a hindrance or stoppage of breath. 3 tr. & intr. make or become speechless …
12choke — 1 verb 1 STOP BREATHING (I, T) to prevent someone from breathing, or to be prevented from breathing, because your throat is blocked or because there is not enough air: The fumes were choking me. (+ on): He choked to death on a fish bone. 2 INJURE …
13Choke (electronics) — For other uses, see Choke (disambiguation). A choke, with two 47mH windings and rated to handle 0.6A A choke is a coil of insulated wire, often wound on a magnetic core, used as a passive inductor which blocks higher frequency alternating current …
14choke — chokeable, adj. /chohk/, v., choked, choking, n. v.t. 1. to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle. 2. to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling: The sudden wind choked his words. 3. to stop by filling;… …
15choke — Synonyms and related words: OD, asphyxia, asphyxiate, asphyxiation, bake, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, be in heat, be killed, bind, blaze, block, block up, blockade, bloom, blow out, boil, bolt, broil, bung, burke, burking, burn,… …
16choke-full — adjective packed full to capacity chowder chockablock with pieces of fish • Syn: ↑chockablock, ↑chock full, ↑chockful, ↑chuck full, ↑cram full • Similar to: ↑full * * * …
17block — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hindrance, blockage, obstruction; row, street, square (See abode); mass, lump, cube (See density). v. t. impede, check, stop, bar; thwart, foil. See closure, identity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A mass,… …
18block — 1. noun 1) a block of cheese Syn: chunk, hunk, lump, wedge, cube, brick, slab, bar, piece 2) an apartment block Syn: building, complex, structure …
19block — 1. noun 1) a block of cheese Syn: chunk, hunk, lump, wedge, cube, brick, slab, piece 2) an apartment block Syn: building, complex, structure …
20choke — verb 1) Christopher started to choke Syn: gag, retch, cough, fight for breath 2) thick dust choked her Syn: suffocate, asphyxiate, smother, stifle 3) she had been choked to death …
