choke
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
to pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Framework senses
- §1
- to breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
- §2
- to cause to retch or choke
- §3
- to struggle for breath
- §4
- to constrict someone's throat and keep from breathing
- §5
- to reduce the air supply
- §6
- to pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- §7
- to suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- §8
- to become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- §9
- to impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- §10
- to become or cause to become obstructed
- §11
- to be too tight
- §12
- to wring the neck of
- §13
- to check or slow down the action or effect of
- §14
- to fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation