stikken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- 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.
Senses
stikken is used for these senses in English:
- boil (transitive, UK, informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
- 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).
- smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- stew (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- stifle (intransitive) To die of suffocation.
boil — full definition
- verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
- noun A painful, swollen, pus-filled lump on the skin caused by infection.
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.