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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 cry or become teary with emotion
To refrain from openly expressing or displaying
To fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something
To stop, hinder or impede the flow or progress of
To reduce in size, especially through the application of pressure
To make a husky, squawking noise
To overwhelm or inundate with people, animals or things
To retch or (nearly) vomit from feeling nauseous
To stop talking, to shut up
To suppress the noise or speech of
To consume food hungrily or in a gluttonous manner
To inundate or submerge, especially in water
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 force (something) into or through a restricted space
To obligate to do something
To subdue or hurt physically or violently
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 convulsive catching of breath
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