English-Thai Dictionary
strangle
VI ฆ่า โดย การบีบ คอ รัด คอ บีบ คอ choke throttle ka-doi-kan-bib-kor
strangle
VT ฆ่า โดย การบีบ คอ รัด คอ บีบ คอ choke throttle ka-doi-kan-bib-kor
strangle
VT บีบบังคับ บีบคั้น inhibit restrain suppress bib-bang-kab
strangler
N ผู้ ที่ ฆ่า โดย การบีบ คอ garroter phu-ti-ka-duai-kan-bib-kor
strangles
N โรคติดต่อ ใน ม้า ที่ ทำให้เกิด การ อักเสบ เป็นหนอง ที่ เยื่อ บุ เมือก
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STRANGLE
v.t.[L.] 1. To choke; to suffocate; to destroy life by stopping respiration.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
2. To suppress; to hinder from birth or appearance.
STRANGLED
pp. Choked; suffocated; suppressed.
STRANGLER
n.One who strangles.
STRANGLES
n.Swellings in a horses throat.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STRANGLE
Stran "gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n.Strangling. ] Etym: [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. string, n. Cf. Strain, String. ]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal ) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, ... And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes Shak.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.
STRANGLE
STRANGLE Stran "gle, v. i.
Defn: To be strangled, or suffocated.
STRANGLEABLE
STRANGLEABLE Stran "gle *a *ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being strangled. [R.] Chesterfield.
STRANGLE HOLD
STRANGLE HOLD Stran "gle hold.
Defn: In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.
STRANGLER
STRANGLER Stran "gler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity. " Shak.
STRANGLES
STRANGLES Stran "gles, n.
Defn: A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
New American Oxford Dictionary
strangle
stran gle |ˈstraNGgəl ˈstræŋɡəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal ), esp. so as to cause death: the victim was strangled with a scarf. • (as adj. strangled ) sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted: a series of strangled gasps. • suppress (an impulse, action, or sound ): she strangled a sob. • hamper or hinder the development or activity of: overrestrictive policies that strangle growth. DERIVATIVES stran gler |ˈstraNGg (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē ‘halter, ’ related to strangos ‘twisted. ’
stranglehold
stran gle hold |ˈstraNGgəlˌhōld ˈstræŋɡəlˌhoʊld | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a grip around the neck of another person that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough. • complete or overwhelming control: he broke the union that held a stranglehold on bus service.
strangles
stran gles |ˈstraNGgəlz ˈstræŋɡəlz | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses, causing enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, which may impair breathing. [This disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: plural of obsolete strangle ‘strangulation, ’ from strangle .
Oxford Dictionary
strangle
stran ¦gle |ˈstraŋg (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal ), especially so as to cause death: the victim was strangled with a scarf. • (as adj. strangled ) sounding as though the utterer's throat is constricted: a series of strangled gasps. • suppress (an impulse, action, or sound ): she strangled a sob. • hamper or hinder the development or activity of: they allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative. DERIVATIVES strangler noun ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē ‘halter ’, related to strangos ‘twisted ’.
stranglehold
strangle |hold |ˈstraŋg (ə )lhəʊld | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a grip around the neck of another person that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough. • complete or overwhelming control: in France, supermarkets have less of a stranglehold on food supplies.
strangles
stran ¦gles |ˈstraŋg (ə )lz | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses, causing enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, which may impair breathing. ●This disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: plural of obsolete strangle ‘strangulation ’, from strangle .
American Oxford Thesaurus
strangle
strangle verb 1 the victim was strangled with a scarf: throttle, choke, garrote; informal strangulate. 2 she strangled a sob: suppress, smother, stifle, repress, restrain, fight back, choke back. 3 bureaucracy is strangling commercial activity: hamper, hinder, impede, restrict, inhibit, curb, check, constrain, squash, crush, suppress, repress.
Oxford Thesaurus
strangle
strangle verb 1 the victim was strangled with a scarf: throttle, choke, garrotte; asphyxiate, stifle; informal strangulate. 2 she strangled a sob: suppress, smother, stifle, repress, restrain, hold back, hold in, fight back, bite back, gulp back, swallow, choke back, check. ANTONYMS let out. 3 too much security is strangling commercial activity in the town: hamper, hinder, impede, restrict, interfere with, inhibit, hold back, curb, check, restrain, constrain; prevent, put an end /stop to, stop, quash, squash, stamp out, destroy, crush, extinguish, deaden, damp down, subdue, suppress, repress; silence, muffle, mute, gag. ANTONYMS encourage, promote.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
strangle
stran gle /strǽŋɡ (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 小動物など 〉を (手 ロープなどで )絞殺する, 窒息させる .2 〈成長 発展 競争など 〉の障害 [妨げ ]になる, …を抑圧する .3 〈物 事が 〉〈周囲 組織など 〉を圧迫する, 締めつける .4 〈笑いなど 〉をこらえる .自動詞 息が詰まる, 窒息する .str á n gler 名詞 C 紋殺魔 .
strangled
str á n gled 形容詞 (叫び声などが )押し殺した, のどの詰まったような, くぐもった, 抑えた .
stranglehold
str á ngle h ò ld 名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 【状況 組織などに対する 】完全な支配, 締めつけ «on » ▸ have a stranglehold on A Aを締めつけている, 支配している ▸ break the stranglehold of A Aの締めつけを解く 2 首を締めること ; 〘レスリング 〙のど輪 〘反則とされる 〙.