fetisandin — meaning in English
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English meaning
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- muffle noun Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
- shill noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.
- 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.
- strangle verb To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and cutting off their air.
- suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.
Senses
fetisandin is used for these senses in English:
- muffle (transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
- shill (pejorative, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.
- stew (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- suffocate (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- swelter (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
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.
muffle — full definition
- noun Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
- noun A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
- noun A boxing glove.
- noun A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)