throttle
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(verb) reduce the air supply; of carburetors |
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Synonyms: choke |
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Related Words: enrich |
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(noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
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Synonyms: accelerator, throttle valve |
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Related Words: valve |
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(verb) squeeze the throat of; "he tried to strangle his opponent" |
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Synonyms: strangle, strangulate |
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Related Words: garotte, garrotte, kill, scrag |
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(noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" |
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Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun |
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Related Words: foot lever, pedal, treadle |
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(verb) place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot" |
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Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, trammel |
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Related Words: baffle, check, clamp down, constrain, contain, control, crack down, cramp, cumber, curb, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, harness, hold, hold in, inhibit, mark off, mark out, moderate, reduce, regulate, rein, restrain, rule, stiffen, tie, tighten, tighten up |
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