to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation

to have trouble or fail in breathing, swallowing, or speaking

to block or clog up (a passage, pipe, street, etc)

to retard the growth or action of

to suppress (emotion)

to die

to enrich the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply to (a carburettor, petrol engine, etc)

(esp in sport) to be seized with tension and fail to perform well

the act or sound of choking

a device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixtureby reducing the air supply

any constriction or mechanism for reducing the flow of a fluid in a pipe, tube, etc

an inductor having a relatively high impedance, used to prevent the passage of high frequencies or to smooth the output of a rectifier

the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke