| slovo | definícia |
choke
(mass) | choke
- dusiť, zapchať |
choke
(encz) | choke,dusit v: Zdeněk Brož |
choke
(encz) | choke,dusit se Zdeněk Brož |
choke
(encz) | choke,kuckat v: Zdeněk Brož |
choke
(encz) | choke,přiškrtit Zdeněk Brož |
choke
(encz) | choke,sytič Zdeněk Brož |
choke
(encz) | choke,škrtit v: Zdeněk Brož |
choke
(encz) | choke,tlumivka n: [el.] Zdeněk Brož |
choke
(encz) | choke,zaškrtit Zdeněk Brož |
Choke
(gcide) | Choke \Choke\, v. i.
1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the
throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe;
to be strangled.
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2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
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The words choked in his throat. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Choke
(gcide) | Choke \Choke\, n.
1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the
feeling of strangulation.
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2. (Gun.)
(a) The tied end of a cartridge.
(b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a
rocket, etc.
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Choke
(gcide) | Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian
to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
strangle.
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With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
--Shak.
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2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
block up. --Addison.
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3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
to stifle.
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Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
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4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." --Swift.
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5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
barrel of a shotgun.
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To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a
purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
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choke
(wn) | choke
n 1: a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in
electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate
alternating current [syn: choke, choke coil, {choking
coil}]
2: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of
a gasoline engine
v 1: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a
strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke
about her deceased husband"
2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the
cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret]
3: wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn:
choke, scrag]
4: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn:
choke, strangle]
5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke,
strangle, suffocate]
6: fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The
team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the
coach and the audience"
7: check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her
anger"
8: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest,
choke, foul] [ant: unclog]
9: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn:
suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]
10: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is
suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the
small village" [syn: suffocate, choke]
11: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
"His job suffocated him" [syn: suffocate, choke]
12: 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" [syn: 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, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: {be
born}]
13: reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: choke,
throttle]
14: cause to retch or choke [syn: gag, choke] |
choke
(foldoc) | choke
To fail to process input or, more generally, to fail
at any endeavor.
E.g. "NULs make System V's "lpr(1)" choke." See barf,
gag.
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choke
(jargon) | choke
v.
[common] To reject input, often ungracefully. “NULs make System V's lpr(1)
choke.” “I tried building an EMACS binary to use X, but cpp(1) choked
on all those #defines.” See barf, vi.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
choke up
(mass) | choke up
- zapchať |
chokefull
(mass) | choke-full
- preplnený |
artichoke
(encz) | artichoke,artyčok n: Zdeněk Brož |
choke back
(encz) | choke back,potlačit v: Zdeněk Brožchoke back,potlačovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
choke chain
(encz) | choke chain, |
choke coil
(encz) | choke coil, n: |
choke down
(encz) | choke down,potlačit v: Zdeněk Brož |
choke hold
(encz) | choke hold, n: |
choke off
(encz) | choke off,zabránit v: Zdeněk Brož |
choke price
(encz) | choke price,škrtící cena [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
choke up
(encz) | choke up,ucpat v: Zdeněk Brožchoke up,zanést Zdeněk Brož |
choke-full
(encz) | choke-full, adj: |
chokecherry
(encz) | chokecherry, |
chokecherry tree
(encz) | chokecherry tree, n: |
choked
(encz) | choked,přidušený adj: Zdeněk Brožchoked,přiškrcený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
chokedamp
(encz) | chokedamp, n: |
chokehold
(encz) | chokehold, n: |
chokepoint
(encz) | chokepoint, n: |
choker
(encz) | choker,obojek Jaroslav Šedivýchoker,těsný náhrdelník Jaroslav Šedivýchoker,vysoký škrobený límec Petr Machek |
chokey
(encz) | chokey, n: |
globe artichoke
(encz) | globe artichoke,artyčok n: Zdeněk Brož |
hogchoker
(encz) | hogchoker, n: |
jerusalem artichoke
(encz) | Jerusalem artichoke,druh artyčoku Zdeněk Brož |
sunchoke
(encz) | sunchoke, n: |
western chokecherry
(encz) | western chokecherry, n: |
dolichokefalický
(czen) | dolichokefalický,dolichocephalicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Artichoke
(gcide) | Artichoke \Ar"ti*choke\, n. [It. articiocco, perh. corrupted fr.
the same word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco,
archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra;
prob. fr. Ar. al-harshaf, al-kharsh[=u]f.] (Bot.)
1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a
thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly
involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is
composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets,
sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base
of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.
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2. See Jerusalem artichoke.
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chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full
(gcide) | filled \filled\ adj.
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;
as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower
terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding
with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full
of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate),
rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick
with(predicate)}; {brimful, brimful of(predicate),
brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming
with(predicate)}; {chockablock(predicate),
chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate),
chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate),
chuck-full(predicate), cram full}; congested, engorged;
{crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming,
swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming
with(predicate)}; {flooded, inundated, swamped ; {glutted,
overfull}; {heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ;
overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; {stuffed; {well-lined
]
Syn: full.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite
of hollow.
Syn: solid.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; --
of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for
the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free
Syn: occupied.
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Choke
(gcide) | Choke \Choke\, v. i.
1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the
throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe;
to be strangled.
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2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
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The words choked in his throat. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Choke \Choke\, n.
1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the
feeling of strangulation.
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2. (Gun.)
(a) The tied end of a cartridge.
(b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a
rocket, etc.
[1913 Webster]Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian
to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
strangle.
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With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
--Shak.
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2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
block up. --Addison.
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3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
to stifle.
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Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
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4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." --Swift.
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5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
barrel of a shotgun.
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To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a
purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
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Choke damp
(gcide) | Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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Night . . . with black air
Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
--Milton.
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2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
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Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
--Addison.
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It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
excursion. --J. D.
Forbes.
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3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
wells, pints, etc.
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Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
life. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
flame.
[1913 Webster]Carbonic \Car*bon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See Carbon.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic
oxide.
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Carbonic acid (Chem.), an acid HO.CO.OH, not existing
separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms
or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term
is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and
oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbon dioxide. It
is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing
flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced
to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is
produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the
combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or
other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the
explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called
after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and
mephitic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it,
and more than this under pressure, and in this state
becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the
carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it
constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants
imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being
retained and the oxygen given out.
Carbonic oxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light
odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is
almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon
seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete
combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of
water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes
combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming
carbon dioxide.
[1913 Webster]Choke damp \Choke" damp`\
See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
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choke damp
(gcide) | Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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Night . . . with black air
Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
--Milton.
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2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
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Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
--Addison.
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It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
excursion. --J. D.
Forbes.
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3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
wells, pints, etc.
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Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
life. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
flame.
[1913 Webster]Carbonic \Car*bon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See Carbon.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic
oxide.
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Carbonic acid (Chem.), an acid HO.CO.OH, not existing
separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms
or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term
is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and
oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbon dioxide. It
is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing
flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced
to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is
produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the
combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or
other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the
explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called
after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and
mephitic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it,
and more than this under pressure, and in this state
becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the
carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it
constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants
imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being
retained and the oxygen given out.
Carbonic oxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light
odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is
almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon
seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete
combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of
water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes
combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming
carbon dioxide.
[1913 Webster]Choke damp \Choke" damp`\
See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
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Choke damp
(gcide) | Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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Night . . . with black air
Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
--Milton.
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2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
[1913 Webster]
Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
--Addison.
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It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
excursion. --J. D.
Forbes.
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3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
wells, pints, etc.
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Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
life. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
flame.
[1913 Webster]Carbonic \Car*bon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See Carbon.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic
oxide.
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Carbonic acid (Chem.), an acid HO.CO.OH, not existing
separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms
or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term
is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and
oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbon dioxide. It
is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing
flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced
to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is
produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the
combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or
other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the
explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called
after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and
mephitic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it,
and more than this under pressure, and in this state
becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the
carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it
constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants
imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being
retained and the oxygen given out.
Carbonic oxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light
odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is
almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon
seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete
combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of
water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes
combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming
carbon dioxide.
[1913 Webster]Choke damp \Choke" damp`\
See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
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Choke pear
(gcide) | Choke pear \Choke" pear`\
1. A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is
swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous
membrane of the mouth.
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2. A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that
can not be answered. [Low] --S. Richardson.
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Choke pondweed
(gcide) | Pondweed \Pond"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many
species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.
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Choke pondweed, an American water weed ({Anarcharis
Canadensis}, syn. Elodea Canadensis.) See Anacharis.
Horned pondweed, the Zannichellia palustris, a slender,
branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.
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Chokeberry
(gcide) | Chokeberry \Choke"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American
shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also,
the shrub.
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Chokebore
(gcide) | Chokebore \Choke"bore`\, n.
1. In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly
smaller diameter at a short distance (usually 21/2 to 3
inches) to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the
rapid dispersion of the shot.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A shotgun that is made with such a bore.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Chokebore \Choke"bore`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chokebored; p.
pr. & vb. n. Chokeboring.]
To provide with a chokebore.
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Chokebored
(gcide) | Chokebore \Choke"bore`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chokebored; p.
pr. & vb. n. Chokeboring.]
To provide with a chokebore.
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Chokeboring
(gcide) | Chokebore \Choke"bore`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chokebored; p.
pr. & vb. n. Chokeboring.]
To provide with a chokebore.
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Chokecherry
(gcide) | Chokecherry \Choke"cher`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry ({Prunus
Virginiana}); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
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Choked
(gcide) | Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian
to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
strangle.
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With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
--Shak.
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2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
block up. --Addison.
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3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
to stifle.
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Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
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4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
barrel of a shotgun.
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To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a
purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
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Chokedar
(gcide) | Chokedar \Cho`ke*dar"\, n. [Hindi chauk[imac]-d[=a]r.]
A watchman; an officer of customs or police. [India]
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Choke-full
(gcide) | Choke-full \Choke"-full`\, a.
Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.
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Choker
(gcide) | Choker \Chok"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, chokes.
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2. A stiff wide cravat; a stock. [Slang]
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Choke-strap
(gcide) | Choke-strap \Choke"-strap`\, n. (Saddlery)
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the
collar, to keep the collar in place.
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Chokey
(gcide) | Choky \Chok"y\ Chokey \Chok"ey\, a.
1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to
suffocate.
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2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong
emotion. "A deep and choky voice." --Aytoun.
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The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather
chokey. --T. Hughes.
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Hogchoker
(gcide) | Hogchoker \Hog"chok`er\, n. (Zool.)
An American sole (Achirus lineatus syn. Achirus achirus),
related to the European sole, but of no market value.
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Jerusalem artichoke
(gcide) | Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\ (j[-e]*r[udd]"s[.a]*l[e^]m), n. [Gr.
'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y[e^]r[=u]sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
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Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two
species of Solanum (Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and
Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium
Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
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To choke off
(gcide) | Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian
to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
strangle.
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With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
--Shak.
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2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
block up. --Addison.
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3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
to stifle.
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Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
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4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." --Swift.
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5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
barrel of a shotgun.
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To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a
purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
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artichoke
(wn) | artichoke
n 1: Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its
large edible flower head [syn: artichoke, {globe
artichoke}, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus]
2: a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
[syn: artichoke, globe artichoke] |
artichoke heart
(wn) | artichoke heart
n 1: the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower |
artichoke plant
(wn) | artichoke plant
n 1: Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its
large edible flower head [syn: artichoke, {globe
artichoke}, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus] |
automatic choke
(wn) | automatic choke
n 1: a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the
carburetor |
choke back
(wn) | choke back
v 1: suppress; "He choked down his rage" [syn: choke off,
choke down, choke back] |
choke coil
(wn) | choke coil
n 1: a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in
electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate
alternating current [syn: choke, choke coil, {choking
coil}] |
choke down
(wn) | choke down
v 1: suppress; "He choked down his rage" [syn: choke off,
choke down, choke back] |
choke hold
(wn) | choke hold
n 1: a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck
of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he
grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and
jewelry, and then fled" [syn: chokehold, choke hold] |
choke off
(wn) | choke off
v 1: suppress; "He choked down his rage" [syn: choke off,
choke down, choke back]
2: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest,
choke, foul] [ant: unclog] |
choke up
(wn) | choke up
v 1: obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are
blocked" [syn: stuff, lug, choke up, block] [ant:
loosen up, unstuff] |
choke-full
(wn) | choke-full
adj 1: packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces
of fish" [syn: chockablock(p), chock-full,
chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full] |
chokecherry
(wn) | chokecherry
n 1: the fruit of the chokecherry tree
2: a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small
bitter black berries favored by birds [syn: chokecherry,
chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana] |
chokecherry tree
(wn) | chokecherry tree
n 1: a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small
bitter black berries favored by birds [syn: chokecherry,
chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana] |
choked
(wn) | choked
adj 1: stopped up; clogged up; "clogged pipes"; "clogged up
freeways"; "streets choked with traffic" [syn: choked,
clogged] |
chokedamp
(wn) | chokedamp
n 1: the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in
carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life [syn:
chokedamp, blackdamp] |
chokehold
(wn) | chokehold
n 1: complete power over a person or situation; "corporations
have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a
chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
[syn: stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold]
2: a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of
another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he
grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and
jewelry, and then fled" [syn: chokehold, choke hold] |
chokepoint
(wn) | chokepoint
n 1: a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel [syn:
constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint]
2: a point of congestion or blockage; "the bridge is always a
chokepoint at rush hour" |
choker
(wn) | choker
n 1: someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter,
garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker]
2: an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively
because of nervous tension or agitation; "he could win if he
wasn't a choker"
3: necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck [syn:
choker, collar, dog collar, neckband]
4: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, {neck
ruff}] |
chokey
(wn) | chokey
n 1: British slang (dated) for a prison [syn: chokey, choky] |
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