задуша́вам — meaning in English
zadushavam
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English meaning
- braise noun A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- damp adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
- stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
- suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.
- throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.
Senses
задуша́вам is used for these senses in English:
- braise (cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
- choke (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- choke (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- damp (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
- smother (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
- smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- stew (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- stifle (transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
braise — full definition
- noun A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
- noun A sauce used for braising.
choke — full definition
- verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- verb To squeeze someone's throat so they cannot breathe; to strangle.
- verb To perform badly under pressure at a crucial moment, especially when close to winning.
- noun A valve that adjusts the fuel-air mixture in an engine, especially to help start it when cold.