单词 | to choke up |
释义 | > as lemmasto choke up to choke up ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of suffocation or choking strangle1338 smore1488 smoor1508 smotherc1528 to choke up1555 stifle1594 throttle1655 suffocate1702 quackle1806 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke stranglea1300 chokec1380 worrya1400 stiflec1400 to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400 scomfishc1480 to choke up1555 grane1613 suffocatea1616 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence > by choking to choke up1555 choke1590 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. 92 Winding the tayle of an oxe aboute their throte [they] choke vp and die. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Gg3v Her words were choakt vp. 1752 E. Young Brothers iii. i The thought quite choaks me up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] > completely or out of sight to close up1530 to choke up1539 1539 Bible (Great) Matt. xiii. 22 The care of this worlde, and the dissaytfulnes of riches, choke vp the worde. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 45 Her fairest flowers choakt vp. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 34 Loading and choaking him up with Blankets. 3. To block up a channel. (The usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage forsetc900 withseta1300 stop13.. speara1325 withsperre1330 to stop one's way1338 shut1362 forbara1375 beseta1400 stopc1400 precludea1513 interclude1526 to shut up1526 forestall1528 fence1535 hedge1535 quar1542 foreclose1548 forestop1566 to flounder up1576 obstruct1578 bar1590 retrench1590 to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596 barricade1606 barricado1611 thwartc1630 blocka1644 overthwart1654 rebarricado1655 to choke up1673 blockade1696 embarrass1735 snow1816 roadblock1950 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 378 The Haven is almost choaked up. 1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 306 The Western mouths of the Lena were so choaked up with ice. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 169 To open the course of a little river..that had been chocked up with sand. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 408 Multitudes of fugitives were choking up the bridges. 4. To fill chock-full. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to capacity gorge?a1513 pack1567 choke1712 to choke up1871 to pack out1914 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 85 Take the words ‘Absolute’ and ‘Infinite’ to mean that He to whom they are applicable chokes up the universe, mental and physical. 5. intransitive. To refrain from speaking, to hold one's tongue. U.S. colloquial. ΚΠ 1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 ix. 105 ‘Why, about eight years ago I had business—’ ‘Choke up,’ interposed Red. < as lemmas |
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