Word

choke, v.
(choked, chokes, choking)
freq. cnt. 13

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

choke

sample sentences

"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

choking

semantic pointers

hypernym

breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire

be too tight; rub or press
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

choke fret gag

sample sentences

"This neckband is choking the cat"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

choker choker

semantic pointers

hypernym

compress, contract, press, constrict, squeeze, compact

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

choke gag strangle suffocate

sample sentences

"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

choking

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suffocative suffocation

semantic pointers

hypernym

suffer, hurt

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

choke strangle

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

choking

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

strangulation

semantic pointers

cause

choke

hypernym

compress, contract, press, constrict, squeeze, compact

wring the neck of
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

choke scrag

sample sentences

"The man choked his opponent"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

choking choker

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

scrag scrag

semantic pointers

hypernym

compress, contract, press, constrict, squeeze, compact

cause to retch or choke
<verb.body>

choke gag

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

sicken

reduce the air supply
<verb.change>

choke throttle

sample sentences

"choke a carburetor"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

choke

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

throttle throttle

semantic pointers

hypernym

enrich

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 156 freq. cnt.: 141 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk croak decease die drop dead exit expire give-up the ghost go kick the bucket pass pass away perish pop off snuff it

sample sentences

"She died from cancer"
"The children perished in the fire"
"The patient went peacefully"
"The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

death death Death death death death

also see

die out die off die down die down

antonym

be born

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

going

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

expiration

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

decease decedent

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

exit

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

passing

semantic pointers

hyponym

abort suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate buy it, pip out drown predecease starve, famish fall succumb, yield

hypernym

turn, change state

verb group

die fail, break, break down, die, go bad, give way, give out, conk out, go

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
<verb.change>

choke suffocate

sample sentences

"His job suffocated him"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

dampen, stifle

verb group

suffocate, choke

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
<verb.change>

choke suffocate

sample sentences

"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

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semantic pointers

verb group

suffocate, choke

hypernym

become, turn

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
<verb.contact>

asphyxiate choke stifle suffocate

sample sentences

"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suffocative suffocation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

asphyxia asphyxiation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

choking

semantic pointers

hypernym

obstruct, impede, occlude, obturate, jam, block, close up

become or cause to become obstructed
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

back up choke choke off clog clog up congest foul