choke
41choke up — phrasal verb Word forms choke up : present tense I/you/we/they choke up he/she/it chokes up present participle choking up past tense choked up past participle choked up 1) [intransitive/transitive] if someone chokes up, or if something chokes… …
42choke — A butterfly valve or plate located near the top of the carburetor that limits or restricts the amount of air allowed to enter the carburetor, thus enriching the fuel air mixture and enabling the vehicle to start and run more easily when cold.… …
43choke — [14] Etymologically, to choke is to cut off air by constricting the ‘cheeks’, for it is a derivative of cēoce, the Old English word for ‘cheek’. There is actually such a verb recorded, just once, from Old English: the compound ācēocian, with the… …
44choke — 1. To prevent respiration by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea; common expression for laryngospasm. 2. Any obstruction of the esophagus in herbivorous animals by a partly swallowed foreign body …
45Choke — This unusual surname, recorded in the spellings of Chocke, Choke, Chockes and Choak, is not apparently what is claimed. According to the 1984 Handbook of Cornish Surnames , Choak derives from chok , meaning jackdaw or chatterer , and is Cornish.… …
46choke — 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,… …
47choke — 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 …
48Choke — droselis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. choke vok. Choke, m; Drossel, f rus. дроссель, m pranc. bobine de choc, f …
49choke — droselis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. choke vok. Choke, m; Drossel, f rus. дроссель, m pranc. bobine de choc, f …
50choke — 1. in. [for a computer] to fail to take in information being fed to it. (Computers.) □ If you don’t have your modem and your software set the same way as the host, your machine will choke. □ I did what you told me, but it choked anyway. 2. in. to …
