breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | impede with a clog or as if with a clog |
cause to retch or choke | fill to excess so that function is impaired |
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | coalesce or unite in a mass |
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | become or cause to become obstructed |
reduce the air supply | impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden |
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | dance a clog dance |
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | |
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | |
be too tight; rub or press | |
become or cause to become obstructed | |
wring the neck of | |
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
check or slow down the action or effect of | |
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | |