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Throttle

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Broader term 7

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Enrich 76% connected

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Pedal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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Treadle 76% connected

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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Valve 76% connected

A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

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Manner of action 19

Constrain 76% connected

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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Cramp 76% connected

That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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Cumber 76% connected

To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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Delimit 76% connected

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

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Demarcate 76% connected

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

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Encumber 76% connected

To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements…

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Garrote 76% connected

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the ins…

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Gate 76% connected

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…

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Halter 76% connected

One who halts or limps; a cripple.

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Hamper 76% connected

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Scant 76% connected

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisi…

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Scrag 76% connected

Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.

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Skimp 76% connected

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

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Stiffen 76% connected

To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.

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Strangle 76% connected

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Tighten 76% connected

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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Derivationally related 8

Choker 74% connected

One who, or that which, chokes.

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Choker 74% connected

One who, or that which, chokes.

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Gun 74% connected

of Gin

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Gun 74% connected

of Gin

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Trammel 74% connected

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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Trammel 74% connected

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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Entails 6

Compact 72% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Compress 72% connected

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…

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Constrict 72% connected

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

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Contract 72% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Press 72% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Squeeze 72% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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Containing whole 6

Aeroplane 70% connected

A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

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Airplane 70% connected

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Auto 70% connected

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Car 70% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Machine 70% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Plane 70% connected

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

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Synonym 11

Accelerator 92% connected

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

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Bound 92% connected

of Bind

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Choke 92% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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Confine 92% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Gas 92% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Gun 92% connected

of Gin

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Limit 92% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Restrict 92% connected

Restricted.

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Strangle 92% connected

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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Strangulate 92% connected

Strangulated.

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Trammel 92% connected

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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