dusić — meaning in English
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English meaning
- braise noun A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
- casserole noun A deep dish with a lid used for slow-cooking food in the oven.
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- chokehold noun A grappling hold around a person's neck, especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm, cutting off the flow of blood to the brain and restricting breathing.
- 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.
- suffocate verb To die, or cause someone to die, from lack of oxygen.
- throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.
Senses
dusić is used for these senses in English:
- braise (cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
- casserole (transitive) To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.
- 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).
- choke (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- chokehold (transitive) To put a hold around the neck of (someone), especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm.
- internalize (transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
- smother (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
- stew (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
braise — full definition
- noun A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
- noun A sauce used for braising.
casserole — full definition
- noun A deep dish with a lid used for slow-cooking food in the oven.
- noun A meal, often a stew-like mix of meat or vegetables, cooked in such a dish.