dusit — meaning in English
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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.
- steam noun The hot vapor that water turns into when it boils.
- 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.
Senses
dusit 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.
- steam (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- 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.
- stifle (transitive, hyperbolic) To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
- stifle (transitive, also, figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
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.