| NOUN | artifact | throttle, accelerator, throttle valve | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | throttle, accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, gun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve | |
| VERB | change | throttle, restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine | place limits on (extent or access) |
| contact | throttle, strangle, strangulate | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | |
| change | throttle, choke | reduce the air supply |
| Sounds | thraa'tahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine. | |
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| Synonyms | accelerator, throttle valve | |
| Part of | fuel system | equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine |
| Broader | valve | Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
| Spanish | acelerador, estrangulador, válvula reguladora | |
| Catalan | papallona, vàlvula reguladora | |
| Verbs | throttle | reduce the air supply |
| Meaning | A pedal that controls the throttle valve. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, gun | |
| Part of | airplane, aeroplane, plane | An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
| car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels | |
| Broader | pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever | A lever that is operated with the foot |
| Spanish | acelerador, chala, chancla, chancleta, chola, gas | |
| Catalan | accelerador, gas | |
| Verbs | throttle | reduce the air supply |
| Meaning | place limits on (extent or access). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine | |
| Narrower | clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) |
| demarcate, delimit, delimitate | Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | |
| draw the line, draw a line | Reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on) | |
| gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory / dormitory or campus as a means / means of punishment | |
| hamper, halter, cramp, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of | |
| mark off, mark out | Set boundaries to and delimit | |
| reduce, tighten | Narrow or limit | |
| restrain, encumber, cumber | hold back | |
| scant, skimp | Limit in quality or quantity | |
| stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain | restrict | |
| tie | Limit or restrict to | |
| Spanish | estrangular, limitar, restringir | |
| Catalan | estrangular, limitar, restringir | |
| Meaning | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to throttle the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | strangle, strangulate | |
| Entails | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
| Narrower | garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag | strangle with an iron collar |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Spanish | ahogar, estrangular | |
| Catalan | estrangular | |
| Nouns | throttler | someone who kills by strangling |
| throttling | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | |
| Meaning | Reduce the air supply. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | choke | |
| Broader | enrich | make better or improve in quality |
| Catalan | estrangular, ofegar-se, ofegar | |
| Nouns | throttle | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
| throttle | a pedal that controls the throttle valve | |
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