души́ть — meaning in English
dushit
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English meaning
- asphyxiate verb To stop someone breathing by cutting off their air supply.
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- perfume noun A liquid with a pleasant scent, worn on the skin or clothing.
- 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.
- 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.
- throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.
Senses
души́ть is used for these senses in English:
- asphyxiate (transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
- choke (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- perfume (transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
- 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.
- throttle (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
asphyxiate — full definition
- verb To stop someone breathing by cutting off their air supply.
- verb To stop breathing because the air supply has been cut off.
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.
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