Word Meanings - THROTTLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The throttle valve. Throttle lever , the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. -- Throttle valve , a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it

Additional info about word: THROTTLE

The throttle valve. Throttle lever , the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. -- Throttle valve , a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis. (more info) 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. Sir W. Scott.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of THROTTLE)

• Choke
• Throttle
• strangle
• gag
• smother
• burke
• suffocate
• stifle
• Stifle
• throttle
• quench
• repress
• suppress
• extinguish

Related words: (words related to THROTTLE)

• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• SMOTHER
  Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• CHOKECHERRY
  The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
• SUFFOCATE
  Suffocated; choked. Shak.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• THROTTLE
  The throttle valve. Throttle lever , the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. -- Throttle valve , a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it
• STRANGLE HOLD
  In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.
• THROTTLER
  See (more info) 1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
• CHOKER
  1. One who, or that which, chokes. 2. A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
• SMOTHERINESS
  The quality or state of being smothery.
• EXTINGUISH
  1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.
• SMOTHERINGLY
  In a smothering manner.
• CHOKEDAR
  A watchman; an officer of customs or police.
• SUPPRESSION
  Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain. (more info) 1. The act of suppressing,
• STRANGLER
  One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." Shak.
• QUENCHLESS
  Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury. "Once kindled, quenchless evermore." Byron. Syn. -- Inextinguishable; unquenchable. -- Quench"less*ly, adv. -- Quench"less*ness, n.
• STIFLER
  See CAMOUFLET (more info) 1. One who, or that which, stifles.
• QUENCHABLE
  Capable of being quenched.
• EXTINGUISHMENT
  The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. Abbott. (more info) 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment
• ARTICHOKE
  word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. al- 1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• INSUPPRESSIVE
  Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.
• OUTQUENCH
  To quench entirely; to extinguish. "The candlelight outquenched." Spenser.
• UNEXTINGUISHABLE
  Inextinguishable. -- Un`ex*tin"guish*a*bly, adv.
• IRREPRESSIBLY
  In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
• CHOKY; CHOKEY
  1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate. 2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. "A deep and choky voice." Aytoun. The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey. T. Hughes.