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choked

choked

4.3
Blocked or full so nothing can pass through
  • adjective
  • /tʃoʊkt/
translation icon : obstruido
  • The drain was completely choked with leaves and debris, causing water to overflow.

The landscape song of bondage dirge in the river's throat where it churns into the Gulf Wind, in trees choked with vines.

Examples

  • The landscape song of bondage dirge in the river's throat where it churns into the Gulf Wind, in trees choked with vines.

  • Here is a beautiful picture of ice choked sinuous rivers in the Arctic.

  • When I say something's choked, I mean that it is lacking in in low end.

  • Accordingly, the coasts of Sicily became choked with the corpses and broken Timbers of the defeated Navy.

  • After the heavy rainfall, the streets became choked with mud and fallen branches.

  • The narrow passage was choked with traffic, making it impossible to get through.

Synonyms

clogged
vschoked
6 2.8

Stopped from moving or flowing because something is blocking it

is used for heavy obstruction without implying the specific cause
stopped-up
vschoked
1 4.2

An opening like a drain or pipe that is blocked so nothing can pass through

is the general term for severe obstruction not only fill causes
stopped up
vschoked
1 5.1

Blocked so air cannot pass through, often in the nose after a cold

is broader and applies to heavy obstruction from any cause
blocked
vschoked
1.7

Closed so nothing can pass through, for example a nose or road

is a stronger term stressing severe heavy obstruction
plugged
vschoked
2.6

Completely blocked so nothing can pass through

is more intense and focuses on total blockage
occluded
vschoked
  • Specialized
8.0

Stopped so nothing can pass through, like a pipe or a blood vessel

is the common nontechnical name for severe obstruction
ice-clogged
vschoked
  • UK
7.1

A place where ice blocks the way so people or vehicles cannot move through

is a general term for severe obstruction not tied to ice
stopped
vschoked
1.8

A nose that is blocked so air cannot pass easily

is broader applying to heavy obstruction in many places
pluggy
vschoked
8.9

Blocked so air or water cannot pass easily

is a stronger term for actual complete or heavy obstruction
impeded
vschoked
5.7

Slow or difficult to move forward because something is in the way

means total or near total blockage rather than mere slowing

Antonyms

866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

How Blocked

impassable
13 5.3
choked
4.3
narrowed
2.7

Surface Forms

choked positive

Morphology

choked = choke (transparent) = choke + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'choke', so the meaning 'blocked' is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Choked comes from the verb choke, which originally meant 'to stop the breath' by blocking the throat. So calling a drain, machine, or road choked gives the image of something so full it is 'blocked' and nothing can pass.