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throt·tle
 throttle
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- pronunciation:
- thra
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a valve in a machine, esp. an automobile engine, that controls the flow of fuel, air, or the like.
- similar words:
- valve
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| definition 2: |
a pedal, lever, handle, or the like that opens or closes such a valve.
- synonyms:
- pedal
- similar words:
- accelerator, gas
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| related words: |
choke |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
throttles, throttling, throttled |
| definition 1: |
to choke or strangle.
- synonyms:
- choke, strangle
- similar words:
- burke, gag, garrote, stifle, strangulate
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| definition 2: |
to obstruct or suppress.
Free speech was throttled by censorship.- synonyms:
- check, obstruct, stifle, suppress
- similar words:
- gag, limit, mute, muzzle, quash, quench, restrain, silence, smother, stop, subdue
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| definition 3: |
to reduce the flow of (fuel and air) in an engine, or to reduce this flow in (an engine).
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| related words: |
asphyxiate, choke, put down |
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| derivation: |
throttler (n.) |
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