plúch — meaning in English
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English meaning
- asphyxiate verb To smother or suffocate someone.
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- congest noun A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
- inundate verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.
- jam noun A sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it thickens.
- muffle noun Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- 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.
- throng noun A large, densely packed crowd of people.
Senses
plúch is used for these senses in English:
- asphyxiate (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
- congest (transitive) To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
- jam To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
- muffle (transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
- smother (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- 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.
- throng (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
asphyxiate — full definition
- verb To smother or suffocate someone.
- verb To be smothered or suffocated.
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.