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To block or clog up a space or opening
“Go often to the house of a friend, for weeds choke the unused path.”
To cause or experience an obstruction of one's windpipe
“But, just hours after she left, Wainwright called emergency services in a panic, saying Joshua had choked on his own vomit and had stopped breathing.”
To die or cause to die from a lack of air, or an inability to breathe
“The tilapia's numerous small bones can choke its predators, even the egret, which can swallow all other fish.”
To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling
To cause (a person or animal) to choke
“They choked him with his tie.”
To fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something
Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure
To supply or fill to excess
To exceed or cross a given limit
To make a husky, squawking noise
To extinguish (a candle or flame)
To retch or (nearly) vomit from feeling nauseous
To stop talking, to shut up
To consume a liquid
To consume food hungrily or in a gluttonous manner
To overwhelm with emotion
To perform a task incompetently
To spread or pervade throughout
To remove or take out, especially with effort or force
To obligate to do something
Complete power or control over a person or situation
An electric coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase
A large mouthful of liquid hastily drunk
A convulsive catching of breath
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