strangle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strangle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for strangle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strangle v kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" Synonym(s): strangle, strangulate, throttle conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" Synonym(s): smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress die from strangulation prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" Synonym(s): hamper, halter, cramp, strangle constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing Synonym(s): choke, strangle struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" Synonym(s): gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. [82]trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] a halter; and perhaps akin to E. string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.] 1. 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 with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. --Ayliffe. 2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak. 3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. [bd]Strangle such thoughts.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. i. To be strangled, or suffocated.