πνίγω — meaning in English

English meaning

• choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
• drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
• smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.

Senses

πνίγω is used for these senses in English:

• drown (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
• drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
• smother (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
• smother (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
• smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.

choke — full definition

1. verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
2. verb To squeeze someone's throat so they cannot breathe; to strangle.
3. verb To perform badly under pressure at a crucial moment, especially when close to winning.
4. noun A valve that adjusts the fuel-air mixture in an engine, especially to help start it when cold.

drown — full definition

1. verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
2. verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.

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