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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

  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.

muffle — full definition

  1. noun Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
  2. noun A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
  3. noun A boxing glove.
  4. noun A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)

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