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THROTTLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine

Synonyms:

accelerator; throttle; throttle valve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("throttle" is a kind of...):

valve (control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid)

Holonyms ("throttle" is a part of...):

fuel system (equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine)

Derivation:

throttle (reduce the air supply)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pedal that controls the throttle valve

Example:

he stepped on the gas

Synonyms:

accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas; gas pedal; gun; throttle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("throttle" is a kind of...):

foot lever; foot pedal; pedal; treadle (a lever that is operated with the foot)

Holonyms ("throttle" is a part of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Derivation:

throttle (reduce the air supply)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce the air supply

Example:

choke a carburetor

Synonyms:

choke; throttle

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "throttle" is one way to...):

enrich (make better or improve in quality)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

throttle (a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine)

throttle (a pedal that controls the throttle valve)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Example:

limit the time you can spend with your friends

Synonyms:

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "throttle"):

reduce; tighten (narrow or limit)

tie (limit or restrict to)

gate (restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment)

draw a line; draw the line (reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on))

mark off; mark out (set boundaries to and delimit)

cramp; halter; hamper; strangle (prevent the progress or free movement of)

constrain; stiffen; tighten; tighten up (severely restrict in scope or extent)

clamp down; crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))

delimit; delimitate; demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)

cumber; encumber; restrain (restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult)

scant; skimp (limit in quality or quantity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

Example:

A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

Synonyms:

strangle; strangulate; throttle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "throttle" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

"Throttle" entails doing...:

compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "throttle"):

garotte; garrote; garrotte; scrag (strangle with an iron collar)

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence example:

They want to throttle the prisoners

Derivation:

throttler (someone who kills by strangling)

throttling (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe)

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