THROTTLE (STH) BACK / DOWN / UP

Meaning of THROTTLE (STH) BACK / DOWN / UP in English

to control the supply of fuel or power to an engine in order to reduce / increase the speed of a vehicle :

I throttled back as we approached the runway.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROTTLE — internal-combustion engine . In an automobile engine, gasoline is held in a chamber above the carburetor . Air flows down …
Английский словарь Британика
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROTTLE — I. ˈthräd. ə l, -ät ə l verb ( throttled ; throttled ; throttling -d. ə liŋ, -t( ə )liŋ …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROTTLE — — throttler , n. /throt"l/ , n. , v. , throttled, throttling . n. 1. Also called throttle lever . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROTTLE — I. ˈthrä-t ə l verb ( throt·tled ; throt·tling ˈthrät-liŋ, ˈthrä-t ə l-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English throtelen, from throte throat …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
THROTTLE — noun the throttle valve. 2. throttle ·noun the windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. 3. throttle ·vi to breathe hard, as …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
THROTTLE — [throt.tle] vb throt.tled ; throt.tling [ME throtlen, fr. throte throat] vt (15c) 1 a (1): to compress the throat of: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROTTLE — / ˈθrɒtl; NAmE ˈθrɑːtl/ verb , noun ■ verb [ vn ] to attack or kill sb by squeezing their …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROTTLE — I. throt ‧ tle 1 /ˈθrɒtl $ ˈθrɑːtl/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: throat ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROTTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a (in full throttle-valve) a valve controlling the flow of fuel or steam etc. in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROTTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a (in full throttle-valve) a valve controlling the flow of fuel or steam etc. in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROTTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a (in full throttle-valve) a valve controlling the flow of fuel or steam etc. in …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROTTLE — ( throttles, throttling, throttled) 1. To throttle someone means to kill or injure them by squeezing their throat or tightening …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROTTLE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB back ▪ Clean, the Fouga glides well, so it is easy to throttle …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROTTLE — n. Valve for regulating the supply of a fluid (as steam) to an engine, especially the valve controlling the volume …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROTTLE — n. 25B6; verb he tried to throttle her : CHOKE, strangle, strangulate, garrotte. attempts to throttle the criminal supply of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK — v. 1 invest in, wager or bet on She backed a 35-to-2 long shot in the Derby, and she won …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Словарь английских идиом
THROTTLE — The device that controls the vacuum created in the venturi of the carburetor . The greater the vacuum, the richer …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROTTLE — 1. сущ.; тех. дроссель 2. гл. 1) душить 2) задыхаться, дышать с трудом 3) сдавливать, сжимать 4) прерывать 5) тех. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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